Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


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Esenin’s Book of Poems «Moskva Kabatskaya» (Tavern Moscow) in the Perception of his Contemporaries

The article treats the literary critics’ works of 1923–1925 concerning the perception of Sergei Esenin’s book of poems «Moskva Kabatskaya» (Tavern Moscow). The book in question provoked different interpretations and numerous contradictory responses of critics of diverse aesthetic beliefs belonging to various literary groups.