THE RECEPTIO OF "SKETCHERS OF A HUNTER" IN USA, OR I.S. TURGENEV AGAINST SLAVERY
The following article contains a research of the reasons for Turgenev’s «Sketches of a hunter» popularity in 19th century USA. The author analyses early American reviews on this book and finds out that the cause for such popularity was the common social problem of slavery in the USA and serfdom in Russia. The aesthetic meaning of «Sketches of a hunter» became clear to American critics only in the late 19th century due to some Turgenev-influenced American writers.