The article examines the relationship between literary- critical articles about Joseph
Brodsky by Lev Losev and the poetic creativity of the latter. A hypothesis is put forward
about the connection between the main poetological features from Losev articles devoted
to the comprehension of his contemporary and friend’s work and. Losev’s lyrical poems are
considered in co- and contra- position both with Brodsky’s directly related works and in
the metapoetic aspect. The latter implies the identification of those features noted by Losev
about Brodsky, which to a greater or lesser extent were realized by him in his own work. The
subject of analysis is the Venetian text of both poets, with a common thematic and figurativemotivational series.
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2001. 312 p.
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Tartu: Theses of Reports of the Scientific Conference November 13–14, 1987 Tallinn, 1987.
P. 53–55.
3. Guseva N. R. Hinduism and Myths of Ancient India. Moscow: Veche, 2020. 352 p.
4. Losev L. V. The reality of the looking glass: Joseph Brodsky’s Venice //
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House, 2010. P. 522–546.
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Brodskij as Neighbors. St. Petersburg: Ivan Limbach Publishing House, 2010. P. 497–522.
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Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда № 24–18–
00636, https://rscf.ru/project/24–18–00636/; Русская христианская гуманитарная академия
им. Ф. М. Достоевского