Leo Tolstoy’s Correspondence with Writers, Journalists and Publishers
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Irina V. Petrovitskaya
Senior lecturer at the Chair of History of Russian Journalism and Literature, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: kether2@ya.ruSection: History of Journalism
Author investigates Leo Tolstoy's correspondence with russian and foreign journalists. The aim of this correspondence was to find out objectives and goals of journalism. A special form of epistolary dialogue of Leo Tolstoy and his correspondents was reviewed. In this dialogue careful consideration was given to the social, philosophical and aesthetic issues. Author made a close study of such a multidimensional subject as: Leo Tolstoy and literary process, journalism of his epoch.