Collected works in 6 volumes: Leonid Andreev

Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev (1871-1919) – an outstanding representative of Russian literature of the Silver Age, prose writer, playwright, critic, publicist, ancestor of Russian expressionism. Since the publication of the first collection of stories by Andreev, the laurels of one of the rulers of the thoughts of the Russian intelligentsia have not left the laurels.
The wall and the abyss are key images in the whole work of the writer. The volitional aspiration is stopped by life everywhere. Written by Andreev is addressed to those secret unconscious depths of the human soul, where inhumanity is due to the laws of the universe, and humanity, love, justice are easily discarded by man.
The animal, primitive nature is hidden in every human being. The inner abyss, inhabited by monsters of debauchery and violence, puts pressure on a fragile EGO person from the inside.
Andreev’s literary language is assertive and expressive, full of symbols, and his works are distinguished by the sharpness of contrasts, unexpected plots of the plot in combination with schematic simplicity …

Author
Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich
Publisher
Book, 2012
Series
Multi -volume publications