The life of Protopop Avvakum, written by him, and his other works: Avvakum Protopop

The outstanding Russian writer Protopop Avvakum (1620-1682), one of the ideologists and leaders of the Old Believers of the 17th century, is known primarily as the creator of the famous autobiographical “life” written by him in the earthen prison of the North Pustozersky prison. However, the theological works of Avvakum and his epistolary prose are no less artistic. The works of Avvakum are a kind and vivid phenomenon in Russian literature of the 17th century. “In the chilly literature,” wrote A.N. Tolstoy, “as a storm burst a living, peasant, full -blooded voice. These were the brilliant“ Life ”and“ Epistles ”of the rebel, the frantic protopope of Abvakum.” This publication was prepared by a professor at St. Petersburg University N.S. Demkova, leading researcher of the work of Protopop Avvakum. The book includes an extensive reference apparatus, it is addressed to both specialists and the widest circle of readers.

Author
Protopop Avvakum
Editor
Stepanova Alla Sergeevna
Publisher
ABC, 2011
Series
Classic (soft)
Genre
Classical domestic prose