THE SINGLE-SHELF LIBRARY: HOW VAGINOV COULD BE READ IN THE 1960S-1980S

The article is devoted to the late-Soviet history of the legacy of Konstantin Vaginov: attempts at publishing his work, inaccessible foreign bilingual publications, special cases of acquaintance with his texts, and cases of reflection initiated by them. The methods of access to Vaginov's work dictated an antiquarian type of reception of his texts, which functioned more as material traces of culture or discourse of cultural communication, rather than as objects of readers' interpretations. Vaginov's case of reception makes it possible to problematize the process of reading / attitudes towards Cultural Artifacts, as well as to complicate the idea of the media conditions for transferring uncoventional information in the late Soviet Period.

Automated summary

The article explores the late-Soviet history of Konstantin Vaginov's legacy, including attempts to publish his work, inaccessible foreign bilingual publications, special cases of acquaintance with his texts, and reflections initiated by them. The methods of accessing Vaginov's work led to an antiquarian reception of his texts, which were seen more as cultural traces or discourse of cultural communication rather than objects of readers' interpretations. Vaginov's reception case problematizes the process of reading and attitudes towards cultural artifacts, and complicates the idea of media conditions for transmitting unconventional information in the late Soviet period.