Who would be the Edgar Allen Poe of Russian literature?
I'm going to say Gogol based on nothing but vague vibes
>>25627576Whoever it is, they must have at least refused to write absurdly long tomes (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym was Poe's biggest mistake).
>>25627576Chekhov.
Poe is one of the most enduring popular poets of all time.But he isn't viewed very well critically anywhere outside of France.So you'd probably have to ask a Russian or a Frenchman to come up with the answer.
>>25627576Spooky horror short stories and novellas were quite popular in Russia, but I don't think they a have direct equivalent of Poe like they have Ranpo in Japan. For example, Alexei Tolstoy comes to mind, but he had completely different style and his most famous stuff are his historical plays anyway.Now, it may be a retarded take, but I think unironically the most spiritually close writer to Poe was Dosto himself. Both have the focus on character's psychology, both are interested in madness and mental illness and crime and evil lurking in men and the themes of guilt etc. It's very interesting to compare The Double and William Wilson with this lenses.
Definitely Gogol.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viy_(story)
>>25627576Gogol.
>>25627576Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919) is most frequently referred to as the "Edgar Allan Poe of Russian literature" due to his dark, expressionist stories exploring horror, madness, death, and the subconscious.Nikolai Gogol: Frequently likened to Poe for his blend of the macabre, the surreal, the grotesque, and the absurd (such as in The Overcoat or The Nose), heavily influencing later Russian writers.Fyodor Dostoevsky: Shared Poe’s fascination with fractured, obsessive, and guilt-ridden psyches (like Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment), and Dostoevsky even wrote the preface to the first Russian translation of Poe's crime and mystery stories
>>25627770>Poe isn't viewed very well critically anywhere outside of France.Pretty sure there was a Russian on here saying they are surprisingly fascinated by Poe and even Twain >European literary movements—specifically French Symbolism and the Russian Silver Age—elevated Poe to the status of a foundational genius.• French Symbolism: Charles Baudelaire translated Poe's works extensively and viewed him as a twin soul, establishing Poe as a vital godfather of the Symbolist movement. Poets like Stéphane Mallarmé and Arthur Rimbaud later adopted his emphasis on pure musicality, rigorous poetic structure, and the exploration of the subconscious.• The Russian Silver Age: At the turn of the 20th century, Russian Symbolists and modernists—including Konstantin Balmont (who translated Poe's complete works into Russian), Valery Bryusov, and Alexander Blok—celebrated Poe as a supreme master of mysticism, psychological depth, and aesthetic perfection
