Antique reminiscences in Russian poetry of the early 19 century (based on the materials of the “Muses scroll” almanac)

The “Muses Scroll” poetic almanac was a typical manifestation of eclecticism in the art of the “transitional period” from classicism to sentimentalism at the very beginning of the 19th century with a claim to the formation of neoclassicism in the further history of Russian literature. An important circumstance was the desire of the authors of the poetic almanac to create innovative poetry, imbued with direct experiences of their feelings and emotions without the pathos and officialdom of the “outdated” classicism. However, such a desire for expressiveness is impossible without the explication of aesthetic categories and values that the authors of the almanac borrowed from ancient philosophers. The result of the aesthetic analysis was the identification in the works of the almanac of reminiscences of ancient philosophy in the description of the beautiful by Plato, the connection of beauty with truth by Plotinus, corporality by Seneca, the heroic and catharsis by Aristotle.