The Pushkin studies is the branch of literary criticism which researches the life and works of Aleksandr Pushkin. The Wisconsin–Madison Prof. Aleksandr Dolinin divides the Pushkin studies in Russia into the Saint Petersburg and Moscow currents. He describes the last one as "weak", noting that it tries to follow the traditions of Russian religious philosophers from the 1st half of the 20th century. Instead he testifies the vigorous wave of Pushkin studies in 1910-1940s.
One of the most prominent American Pushkinists was J. Thomas Shaw. The Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies has published The Pushkin Handbook.
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“‘Tis time, my friend, ‘tis time!
For rest the heart is aching;
Days follow days in flight, and every day is taking
Fragments of being, while together you and I
Make plans to live. Look, all is dust, and we shall die.”
—Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
“These studies which stimulate the young, divert the old, are an ornament in prosperity and a refuge and comfort in adversity; they delight us at home, are no impediment in public life, keep us company at night, in our travels, and whenever we retire to the country.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)