Nikolai Ilyich Storozhenko (Russian: Риколай Ильич
Стороженко; 22 May 1836, in Irzhavets, Chernigov
Governorate, Russian Empire â€" 25 January 1906, in Moscow, Russian
Empire) was a Russian literary historian and a leading Shakespearean
scholar of his time.[1]A Moscow University graduate who in 1863 became
the head of the newly established literary faculty there, Storozhenko
is credited with being the first to start "teaching the history of
literature on the scientific basis" and "imbue his lectures with the
same literary talent and fine artistic taste which marked his besk
known works" (according to Brockhaus & Efron). His 1878 doctorate
"Robert Greene.[2] His Life and Works" was translated into English by
Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts and received good reviews in Britain.
On the strength of it Storozhenko was elected a vice-president of the
New Shakespeare Society.[1]Storozhenko compiled and edited the
compilations Spanish Historical Literature and Victor Hugo and His
Time. In 1894-1901 he was the head of the Russian Literary
Society.[3]He initiated the inception of and was for several years an
active contributor to The Artist magazine. In 1896 his play Three
Wives' Man (Троеженец) was produced at Moscow's Maly
Theatre.[1][3]
Стороженко; 22 May 1836, in Irzhavets, Chernigov
Governorate, Russian Empire â€" 25 January 1906, in Moscow, Russian
Empire) was a Russian literary historian and a leading Shakespearean
scholar of his time.[1]A Moscow University graduate who in 1863 became
the head of the newly established literary faculty there, Storozhenko
is credited with being the first to start "teaching the history of
literature on the scientific basis" and "imbue his lectures with the
same literary talent and fine artistic taste which marked his besk
known works" (according to Brockhaus & Efron). His 1878 doctorate
"Robert Greene.[2] His Life and Works" was translated into English by
Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts and received good reviews in Britain.
On the strength of it Storozhenko was elected a vice-president of the
New Shakespeare Society.[1]Storozhenko compiled and edited the
compilations Spanish Historical Literature and Victor Hugo and His
Time. In 1894-1901 he was the head of the Russian Literary
Society.[3]He initiated the inception of and was for several years an
active contributor to The Artist magazine. In 1896 his play Three
Wives' Man (Троеженец) was produced at Moscow's Maly
Theatre.[1][3]
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