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Dear readers, "Literary Thought" has established itself as an authoritative journal on issues of aesthetics, literary theory, literary history and literary criticism. The journal has received recognition not only in our country, but also abroad. In the coming year, the editorial board will make efforts to maintain the high level of the journal and to illuminate a number of new issues of literary history, literary theory, aesthetics and literary criticism on the pages of the journal. Problems of our literary development during separate periods will be examined, as well as artistic features in the work of prominent representatives of our literature - Karavelov, Botev, Vazov, Slaveykov, Yavorov, Aleko Konstantinov, Elin Pelin, Smirnenski, Vaptsarov and others... The journal will feature portraits of prominent contemporary writers, as well as critical assessments of the nature and features of the more significant works of art. "Literary Thought" will continue to include research papers on theoretical problems of style and artistic method, literary movements and genres, poetry studies, the language of artistic creation... The editorial board's concern will be to familiarize our readers with the problems that are being discussed in socialist countries and in the West. "Literary Thought" will continue to fight for scientific illumination of the processes of the development of contemporary art both in our country and abroad. The magazine will be useful to anyone interested in issues of fiction, to high school teachers, students and pupils. It will continue to be a valuable advisor to our contemporary writers in their creative work. Annual subscription - 2.60 leva. FROM THE EDITORIAL OFFICE