“The newest Russian literature, at first glance, puts an irresistible weapon into the hands of opponents of Marxism: it proves, apparently in the most brilliant way, proves, like two and two equal four, the complete impossibility of connecting “ideological” currents with the “material subsoil” “Social reality speaks of the liquidation of the “feudal” economy and the aggressive successes of the capitalist bourgeoisie. Literature, on the contrary, stands under the sign of a return to the past, the restoration of “aristocratic” art. ..."