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

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 prison, 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 deadly 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 protopop Avvakum. ” This publication was prepared by the professor of St. Petersburg University N. S. Demkova, the 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.

Editor
Stepanova Alla Sergeevna
Publisher
ABC, 2010
Series
Academia