THE THEME OF GOSPEL LOVE IN P. I. MELNIKOV-PECHERSKY’S “V LESAKH” (“IN THE FORESTS”) AND “NA GORAKH” (“ON THE HILLS”) DILOGY
Journal: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПОЭТИКИ
Year: 2022

The topic of gospel love is considered the main leitmotif that defines the artistic concept of the novels “V lesakh” (“In the Forests”) (1871–1874) and “Na gorakh” (“On the Hills”) (1875–1881), which comprise a dilogy. It was the result of the reflections of P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky not only about the Old Believers, but also his religious and philosophical contemplations about a person, his spiritual and moral components, national and cultural, spiritual values, the search for true faith and the