Literary local history as a humanitarian science Part 1. Concept boundaries
The article deals with the content of the "literary local history" term. Comparison of the definitions given by various researchers makes it possible to clarify the subject of literary and local history research. The place of literary regional studies in the system of the humanities is due both to its belonging to the complex of local history disciplines and to literary criticism, in particular, the history of literature. The interaction of literary local history with related applied philological disciplines helps to understand the specifics of traditional literary local history and compare it with new disciplines that have emerged in recent decades, such as philological regional studies and literary geography.