In the aspect of historical poetics, the development of various genre
forms and genre content of satire in A.N. Radishchev, I.A. Krylov, A.S. Griboedov, N.V. Gogol are shown. Multilateral interchange between the work of these authors are considered. The article disputes the opinion of the «publicism» of Russian satire of the 18th century, shows its paraliterature.
Keywords
A.N. Radishchev; I.A. Krylov; A.S. Griboedov; N.V. Gogol; historical poetics; Russian satire of the XVIII–XIX centuries.