Rosenheim Mikhail Pavlovich

(1820 - 87). Studied in the 1-m Cadet Corps, served nearly 20 years in the horse artillery. In 1866 he entered the Military Academy of Law and after graduating was appointed a judge of the St. Petersburg Military District Court. Died in the rank of Major-General. Write P. he started back in the body; already in 1837 several of his poems was published in the Field "Son of the Fatherland". Being a very modest, P. do not attach any importance to his writings and sent them to the editorial board, and only in the second half of the 50-ies his poems began to appear frequently in "Notes of the Fatherland", "Russian Messenger and other publications. In 1858 came the first collection of poems R., give him literary fame, even though this was known much more thorns than roses. Since late 1859, he wrote humorous satires in "Notes of the Fatherland" ( "Notes of idlers") and in St. Petersburg Gazette, in 1860, was editor of the Journal of Breeding and Hunting ", . in 1863 - 1865 respectively he published a satirical newspaper "Splinter" (see), . enjoyed great success and up to 5 thousand subscribers, . but died in the fight against censorship obstacles,
. In 1864, the poem R. second edition, in 1883 - the third, posthumous 4 th edition in 1889 (with a biographical sketch). In the past 20 years of life R. only occasionally played with poems, but rather actively worked as a publicist in the "Voice" 60-ies, in the "Russian Speech" of the late 70-ies (led "Internal Review") and other. In 1878 he published a monograph based on historical data: "Essay on the history of military-to-ship institutions in Russia until the death of Peter the Great". The literary memory of P. mainly rests on the reviews, which devoted a 1-second edition of his poems Dob. For criticism Contemporary P. was a vivid embodiment of the cheap "courage" and "progressive", which was overcome after the Crimean campaign, even people, in fact nothing to do with a really serious social aspirations had not. Dob laughed at the "civil" fervor with which P. set "bold" theses, such as the following: do not take bribes, must always speak the truth, to serve as "honest" and t. d. And indeed, when it was over fashion to the progressive, P. fully transferred to the camp banal patriotism. It is equally frowned upon, as Dob, treated F. and criticism, aesthetics, for example, Druzhinin. The main drawback of R. - Extreme unevenness and inconsistency, . sometimes even slovenliness invoices, . vagueness and lack of any kind was certain thoughts and moods, sometimes difficult to recognize, . Against whom and against what is fighting this unfortunate representative of "accusatory" and "civilian" poetry,
. Purely artistic merit - imagery, accuracy, colorful - the P. Not at. S. In.