In the article the history of studying the urban text in the Russian literature is highlighted and the images of Petersburg in the works of A. Blok and A. Bely are revealed. The author studies the chronotope of Petersburg’s space and all kinds of details and motifs related to the image of the City. The study is based on the comparative analysis of the two images of Petersburg created in Blok’s and Bely’s works. In the end of the article the author draws conclusions, that Blok’s and Bely’s images of Petersburg were not copying each other and were not created under the one-sided creative influence. Besides, they represent two interrelated chapters of the one Petersburg text of the silver age in the Russian literature.

silver age, A. Bely, A. Blok, urban text, Petersburg text

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