Andreev
leonid nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh lah-yuh-vich;; russian llyee-uh-nyeet nyik-uh-lah-yuh-vich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪkˈəlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; russian ˌllyi əˈnyit ˌnyɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ/ (show ipa), 1871–1919, russian writer.
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i have not seen it mentioned, but i suspect that andreev owes much to the reading of this brilliant author.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
andreev is a realist, like his predecessors and contemporaries.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
neither chekhov nor andreev have attempted to lift that black pall of despair that hangs over russian fiction.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
no one can read chekhov and andreev without being conscious of the hovering spirit of the first master of russian fiction.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
gorki’s novels are worthless; his power, like that of chekhov and andreev, is seen to best advantage in the short story.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
andreev is the first to show that the most common and awful form of disease among russian soldiers is the disease of the brain.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
this is the red laugh of andreev, though until the appearance of his book it lacked the appropriate name.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
andreev is an unflinching realist, with all the russian power of the concrete phrase.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
another ill-stration of andreev’s uncanny power is seen in the short story silence.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
one cannot read andreev’s red laugh to-day without thinking of it.
essays on russian novelists william lyon phelps
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