Book plots and motives in Kantemir's and Pushkin's works

In the article an approach to A.D. Kantemir's works as cultural background, «literary unconscious» of Russian poetry is offered. Kantemir has entered into Russian poetry many motives of classical poetry - in particular, he has created carefully developed book plot; almost all book motives entered into the Russian literature by Kantemir are still alive. In the article the basic book motives connected with the line «Book-Author-Bookseller-Reader» are considered, and transformation of these motives in A.S. Pushkin's works is traced.