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Solzhenitsyn on Dostoevsky and Beauty
3 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen December 30th, 2006 in Dostoevsky, Russian Literary Figures, SolzhenitsynIn Solzhenitsyn’s Nobel Lecture (given in the 70’s), he recalls something that Dostoevsky once said—something that he used to consider quite puzzling, viz., “Beauty will save the world.” (“Мир спасет красота”). He goes on to say, “There is […] something special in the essence of beauty, a special quality in art: the conviction carried by [...]
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