person
Aristarkhov
also: Аристархова, Аристарх
Pseudonymous critic writing in Russkiye Vedomosti, mocked here for a timid, flattering critical style that Chekhov feels concealed the reviewer's own bafflement before both "Living Figures" and Chekhov's own "The Steppe."
Reading notes
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 31 March 1888. Moscow. §16 Aristarkhov
Pseudonymous critic in Russkie Vedomosti whose timid, flattering criticism Chekhov mocks; he holds Aristarkhov responsible both for a hostile notice of "Living Figures" and for lukewarm treatment of Chekhov's own "The Steppe."
- To K. S. Barantsevich, 12 August 1888. Sumy. §10 Aristarkhov
A pseudonymous critic Chekhov elsewhere mocks for a timid, flattering style; named here alongside Skabichevsky as a representative of the critical establishment neither Chekhov nor Barantsevich should look to for a verdict on who is 'right.'