Archive
Archive
Here you'll find the magazine's table of contents: every section with a short description, so you can get to the topic you want without searching. Below, we explain what happened to the domain's old addresses: which ones lead to new sections, which became short notes and which no longer open. If you followed an old link and didn't find the page you remember, start with the list of sections.
The former site left us only its address; every word on these pages has been written anew.
Magazine sections
- Home: about the magazine, five steps into a poem and answers to reader questions.
- Articles: the magazine's six topics and a catalogue of pieces for English-speaking readers.
- History: the life dates of four classic poets, the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, and how Russian verse changed.
- People and authors: the classic poet as an example, the annotator, translator, reciter, librarian and fellow reader.
- Collections: three paths for a first encounter, for reading aloud and for learning by heart.
- Events: poetry evenings, lectures, slow-reading clubs, anniversaries and how to check listings.
- Close reading: six questions to ask a poem and a table of metrical feet.
- Key concepts: meter, rhyme, stanza, intonation, context and commentary.
- Beginners: how to make reading poetry a regular habit.
- Common mistakes: what gets in the way of reading poetry and how to fix it.
- Where to read (in Russian): a note on legal ways to find the texts of the classics.
- City in verse (in Russian): how to read a poem about a particular place.
- The Lyceum (in Russian): the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and its tradition.
- Bast shoes (in Russian): traditional folk footwear in culture and in books.
- Archive: this table of contents and the explanation about old addresses.
About the domain's old addresses
This domain used to host a site with the texts of poetry and prose by Russian poets and writers. Philosofiya has nothing to do with it and does not continue its work.
Pages with the texts of literary works are not being restored. Old addresses of pages about poets now lead to the People and authors section, and addresses of pages about individual works lead to Close reading. There you'll find not texts but explanations of how to read poetry on your own.
We kept four addresses but gave them new content: they are now short notes on where to read poetry legally, how to read a poem about a city, the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, and bast shoes in folk culture. These notes are in Russian, and links to them appear at the bottom of every page.
One of the old pages had nothing to do with reading, and at its address the server now reports that the page has been permanently removed.
- Home
A magazine about reading poetry and classic prose slowly: meter, rhyme, stanza, reading aloud and finding texts.
- Articles
The magazine's six topics, from meter and rhythm to legal ways to find a text, plus the catalogue of English-language articles.
- People
The classic poet as an example, the annotator, the translator, the reciter, the librarian and the fellow reader: who helps a text reach you.
- Close reading
Six questions worth asking a poem and a table of the five main metrical feet.
- Where to read (in Russian)
A note at an archived address: where to read classic poetry and prose legally, and why we do not publish texts.
Sources
- Philosofiya editorial materials
The poets' life dates and the facts about the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum come from reference sources; everything else is described in general terms, without reference to any particular edition. Check with the organizers for the times of poetry evenings, lectures and reading-room hours.