Nizhny Novgorod's Legend about V. Korolenko: Myth and Context's Polyphony
Journal: Pitannâ lìteraturoznavstva
Year: 2013

In the article the author researches social and communicative image of writer – the part of his literary identity. In the focus of attention are origin and features of functioning of Nizhny Novgorod's legend about Korolenko. The author analyzes perception of writer by both general population and literati, for example M. Gorky and S. Yeleonsky.At that time V. Korolenko published anticorruption article in local newspapers, as volunteer helped to fight hunger (1893) and he traveled across region of