Talk:Ivan Turgenev

message: "Turgenev is considered one of the great Victorian novelists" - I was under the impression that 'Victorian' was reserved only for Britain? Surely it would be more correct to state "19th Century novelist"? --JDnCoke 16:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Interestingly, Turgenev is called Victorian by quite a lot of scholars - both because of the period he wrote in (although you're right that the term 'Victorian era' is usually only used in reference to Britain) and because of what might be called 'the spirit' of his works. He was by far the most prominent and popular of Russian writers in 19th century Britain (and not Tolstoy or Dostoevsky) and is generally considered to write in a style most characteristic of Victorian writers. To be honest, my knowledge of English literature of the perioв is rather sketchy, so I am unable to provide any examples or, indeed, counter-examples. Also, Victorian is probably used as a shortcut for the period in which Turgenev actively wrote, which more or less coincideв with Queen Victoria's rule. I also suppose his Anglophile outlook contributed to him being called Victorian. --AVIosad 20:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccuracy?

message: I cleaned up the entry. There was much about Turgenev's background that was melodramatic ans presumptions about his freeing the serfs that were speculative and overstated. Since this was manifest and the tag applied nebulous I assume this was why it was applied. I removed it becau
se of the clarifications I made. Iago Dali 18:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove attention tag

message: The Guinness books I have say his brain weighed 2,012 g (4 lb 6.97 oz) – not 2,021 g (4 lb 7.29 oz) as it is said here. Can someone check this up? My guess is that 4 lb 7 oz was converted to 2,012 g (actually closer to 2,013), but I havent seen the English language editions with his entry. Plus, the proper symbol for gram is g, not gm. --Anshelm '77 21:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brain 

message: How does Simone Lance's opinion contribute to the entry?  Neither her work nor the arguments she "ruthlessly cuts aparts" are cited.  Prose is bad also.  Ok to cut this concluding paragraph from Turgenev's "Career" section?
Cyrusc 16:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simone Lance 

message: Two of his early works:
* 1843 - Неосторожность 
* 1847 - Где тонко, там и рвется
Were included in the see also section.  I moved them to the plays section as I've determined from some Russian references that they are short plays.  Неосторожность would roughly translate, I guess, as something like "carelessness" or maybe "recklessness" and "Где тонко, там и рвется" would be literally "Where it is thin, it vomits" although I'm guessing the phrase is not meant to be taken literally.  Anybody know a source for accepted translations? --JayHenry 19:25, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early works 

message: Given Turgenev's popularization of the term nihilism (and his importance for the movement in Russia), should there not be a section relating to this? The character Bazarov in Fathers and Sons was greatly emulated by the students and nihilists in Russia. This books significance to the nihilist movement is mentioned in both the Fathers and Sons and Nihilism article. Should this be included in the 'Legacy' or the 'Career' section? Or a new section all together?Kbel32 (talk) 16:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nihilism 

message: according to Corballis, 1991, p. 66 Russian writer Ivan Turgenev had the record for the largest brain at 2012 gms. 76.120.17.197 (talk) 20:23, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  largest brain? 

message: Shouldn't that be 'A Lear of the Steppes'?  That's what's on the cover of the 1912 edition I'm reading.  It also returns more google searches than 'King...' 82.2.189.10 (talk) 17:56, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  King Lear of the Steppes (title error) 

message: Did anybody else understand this phrase, describing a recurrent theme in Turgenev's work?Wessexunderwater (talk) 20:37, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  frustrated love with the gayness 

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