THE “EVIL” LONER AND THE “GOOD-NATURED” WORLD IN N.A. NEKRASOV'S POEM “A PERSON ONLY IN SOLITUDE…”

Zhang Yuting

This article analyzes N.A. Nekrasov's poem “A person only in solitude…”. Moving beyond debates about its addressee, the study focuses on the antithesis between the rigorist loner and the indulgent collective (“the world”). This opposition is examined within the context of Nekrasov's late work and through parallels with his poem “Who Lives Well in Russia.” The analysis reveals the text to be Nekrasov's meditation on the permissibility of compromise in public activity and on folk wisdom as the supreme moral arbiter.

Keywords:interpretation, N.A. Nekrasov, unpublished cycle, Nekrasov's lyric poetry, debate on the addressee, concept of morality, the poem “Who Lives Happily in Russia,” Russian poetry of the 19th century