Epoch

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Title page of an edition from 1864

Epocha ( Russian Эпоха , "epoch") was a Saint Petersburg monthly magazine that Fyodor Dostoyevsky published from 1864 to 1865 together with his brother Mikhail . The contributions were literary and political in nature. Like Dostoyevsky's earlier magazine Vremja , Epocha was a mouthpiece for the Potschwenniki ; the authors had lively debates with the authors of the competing magazines Sovremennik and Russkoye Slovo .

history

Dostoyevsky founded the magazine in January 1864 as the successor to Vremja , which was banned on May 24, 1863 . Michail was the editor de iure, as Fyodor Dostoyevsky was not allowed to work as an editor due to his criminal record. The editorial office was at Meschchanskaya 1 + 7 (today: Kasnatscheiskaya). The first edition appeared on March 21st with the first episode of the prose work, Recordings from the Basement Hole . When Michail died unexpectedly on July 22, 1864 - he was only 43 years old - the magazine came under pressure. Although Epocha had never achieved the economic success of Wremja and was heavily in debt, Dostoevsky agreed to support Mikhail's widow and children. The official editor was Alexander Porezki . The most important author was Nikolai Strachow , further contributions came from DW Awerkijew, WW Krestowski, AN Maikow and JP Polonski. Nikolai Leskov published his novella The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) in the magazine , Ivan Turgenev published his novella Phantoms in March 1864 and Apollon Grigoryev, who died surprisingly in October 1864, his memoirs.

In 1865, Epocha had 1,300 subscribers. In June 1865, after the second edition of that year, Dostoevsky had to discontinue publication. His short story The Crocodile , which he had started to publish in February and which he was still writing, remained unfinished.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Epocha in the online encyclopedia Saint Petersburg (English, Russian ), accessed on January 21, 2014
  2. ^ Joseph Frank: Dostoevsky . A Writer in His Time. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-12819-1 , pp. 7th f .
  3. ^ Joseph Frank: Dostoevsky . The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1995, ISBN 0-691-04364-7 , pp. 26 . ; Alexander Burry: Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky . Transposing Novels Into Opera, Film, and Drama. Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois 2011, ISBN 978-0-8101-2715-9 , pp. 9 .
  4. ↑ Lantz, p. 127
  5. ↑ Lantz, p. 126
  6. ^ Joseph Frank: Dostoevsky . The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1986, ISBN 0-691-01452-3 , pp. 348-351, 361 .