The Pushkin studies is the branch of literary criticism

Literary criticism

Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...

 which researches the life and works of Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature....

. The Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 Prof. Aleksandr Dolinin divides the Pushkin studies in Russia into the Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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 and Moscow

Moscow

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 currents. He describes the last one as "weak", noting that it tries to follow the traditions of Russian religious philosophers from the 1st half of the 20th century. Instead he testifies the vigorous wave of Pushkin studies in 1910-1940s.

One of the most prominent American

United States

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 Pushkinists was J. Thomas Shaw. The Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies has published The Pushkin Handbook.

External links

• Publications of the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies