The Modern Novelists of Russia

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Excerpt from The Modern Novelists of Russia: Being the Substance of Six Lectures Delivered at the Taylor Institution, OxfordHe had better avoid, and unable to find in them any sure foundation whereon to build, it is only natural that Lomonosofi' should have gone to foreign sources for his inspiration. Consequently, his poems are little more than transcripts of French or German thought and expression, are marked by a complete absence of originality, abound with stereotyped pseudo-classical figures of speech, which, from constant repetition, had lost whatever meaning they once possessed, and are thoroughly non-russian in spirit and tone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.