RECEPTION OF THE ENGLISH SOCIAL-CRIMINAL NOVEL IN RUSSIA OF THE 19TH CENTURY: PROBLEM STATEMENT
The article deals with typology of the English social-criminal novel, the reasons of its appearance in England and the interest shown in the given genre in Russia of the 19th century. The reconstruction picture of Newgate novel reception in the Russian literature will help to specify features of the given genre modification in the process of its functioning in English literature and its connection with other novel genres both in English and in Russian literature.