Encyclopedia of the life of the Russian village: to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Vasilii Ivanovich Belov (Review of the book: Encyclopedia of “Privychnoe delo” [“The Usual Thing”] by V. I. Belov: monograph / S. Yu. Baranov, L. A. Berseneva, T. N. Voronina, S. Kh. Golovkina, S. N. Patapenko, Yu. V. Rozanov, A.V. Fedorova; editor and author of the introductory article S. Yu. Baranov. Vologda: Polygraph-Periodicals, 2021. 655 p.: ill.)
This overview critical article presents an analysis of the collective monograph devoted to the novel by V. I. Belov “Privychnoe delo” [“The Usual Thing”]. It is a reference book and an encyclopedia covering a wide range of literary, linguistic, historical, cultural and philosophical concepts and ideas reflected on the pages of the top work of the Vologda writer. For the first time, the book under review provides a comprehensive assessment of the philological content, personal range, regionalisms and other related facts of the artistic canvas. It includes a bibliography of the novel and summarizes the history of the study of this work in literary criticism. The critical and analytical part of the review characterizes the typical features of the dictionary, points out obvious mistakes and errors in the interpretation of the nominations, notes the shortcomings of the search engine, clarifies and supplements the author’s formulations, examines and discusses the specific facts of the book in order to improve the structure and content of the publication for further use of the experience of creating an encyclopedia of one work in scholarly and educational theory and practice.