Severe dreams. Sologub F.

“Mr. Sologub belongs, of course, to difficult writers: his psychology, his manner of writing, occupying his ideas - all as low crawling, raw, lead clouds. They will not please a no way, they will not make it easier, ”wrote Vasily Rozanov about the work of Fedor Sologub. Perhaps this is the most direct and honest definition of the manner of Sologub. His novel “Severe Dreams” began in 1883, ended in 1894, is considered the first Russian decadent novel. The stigma was appropriated by all the advanced literary magazines immediately after the publication: “Russian thought” - “decadent nonsense, mixed with rude, exaggerated naturalism”, “Russian messenger” - “curious literary incident, baseless fiction”, etc. But this A work, here is decadence, symbolism, modernism and neo -display of Sologub. Behind the multi -layer, the quite realistic story of the teacher of the login is hidden.