A Glimpse into an Interrupted Conversation: An Unpublished Letter from Tzvetan Todorov to Nikola Georgiev
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33919/ANHNBU.25.2.1.3Keywords:
Tzvetan Todorov (1939–2017), Nikola Georgiev (1937–2019), dialogue, de-Stalinization, cybernetics, structuralism, literary studiesAbstract
The text aims to provide a broader context for understanding a letter from Tzvetan Todorov to Nikola Georgiev, as well as to shed some light on the dialogue between them: initially direct, later – indirect and in absentia.
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