Thesis--Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Filoloficheskiĭ fakulʹtet -- Avtoreferat dissertat︠s︡ii na soiskanie uchenoĭ stepeni doktora filologicheskikh nauk. / At head of title: Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova. Filologicheskiĭ fakulʹtet.

Diss. : Philosophische Fakultät : München : 1982-83. - Bibliogr. p. 401-428. Index. -

Diss.--Göttingen, 1988. / Contient le texte des Sonnets en russe et leur trad. en allemand sur 2 col. Bibliogr. p. 300-323. Index.

Thesis--University of Stockholm. / Bibliography: p. 147-148.

Diss.--Hamburg, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. [311]-331. Index.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Göttingen--Georg-August-Universität, 2002. / Bibliogr. p. 197-208.

Dissertatio ad doctoratum--Facultate Historiae Ecclesiasticae--Romae--Pontificiae universitatis gregorianae, 2006. / Bibliogr. p. 553-590.

Thèse doctorat : Sciences de l'éducation : Lyon 2 : 1982. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr.

Originally presented as the author's dissertation -- Berlin, 1940. / Includes bibliographical references.

Ivan Vasilyevich Kireevsky (1806-1856) was one of a whole generation of Russian litterateurs who made it their business to develop new genres on the foundations laid by Russia's literary pioneers. In 1827 Kireevsky declared his intention of giving his own direction to Russian letters through criticism, a genre he helped create in Russia. The working out of the principal attributes of the narodnost' conceptual variable, key to his time, is a constant in all his articles. Also pervasive are his several professional deficiencies. These did not hinder his contemporaries' true and often stated appreciation of his contribution but for the modern student they seriously impede comprehension. Nevertheless, the Russia/West dynamic is a clearly discernible constant, constituting an integral part of his understanding of narodnost'. He persistently attempts to get around the West's cultural superiority but varies his tactical approach to the problem somewhat each time. It is the aim of the present study to follow and document the evolution of his thought on these related phenomena while concurrently dealing with the impact of his professional shortcomings.