“Impressionism of thought”: Towards an understanding of Vladimir Solovyov's term in an article on the poetry of Konstantin Sluchevsky
Journal: Solov’evskie issledovaniya
Year: 2025

The article proposes a new approach to the interpretation of Vladimir Solovyov's article “Impressionism of thought”, devoted to the work of the pre-symbolist poet Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904). It is shown that the very concept of “impressionism of thought” introduced by the philosopher in this literary-critical text in order to characterize the poetry of Sluchevsky has not yet been finally clarified. It is argued that in order to reveal the original meaning that Solovyov put into this formu