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 14 STUDY OUTLINE ON b Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, 1814-1841. He always remains so true to nature that his picture rises before the eye in life-colours, and yet it is imbued with a poetical atmosphere which makes one feel the freshness of these mountains, the balm of their forests and meadows, the purity of the air. And all this is written in verses won- derfully musical. Prince Kropotkin. (1) Lermentov's life and its relation to his work. (2) Nature in his writings. (3) His prose writings. (4) His poetry. (5) Reading: Selection from "The demon." In Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 165-7. c Aleksyey Vasilevich Koltsov, 1808-1842. His poetical taste had been nurtured by the popu- lar lays of his country. He has caught their col- ouring as truly as Burns did that of the Scottish minstrelsy. He is unquestionably the most national poet that Russia has produced. W. R. Morfill. (1) Kolstov's life. (2) His poetry. (3) His portrayal of the Russian peasant. Recommended Reading Intelligence comes to grief. In Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 93-101. "Intelligence comes to grief" is the greatest national drama of Russia. Leo Winner. Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 92-101, 155-85. References Baring. Outline of Russian literature, p. 45-51, 101-25. Brandes. Impressions of Russia, p. 236-43. Bruckner. Literary history of Russia, p. 157-65, 218-36. Hapgood. Survey of Russian literature, p. 124-38, 142-5.