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Больная Россия: Избранное

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267 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1906

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Dmitry Merezhkovsky

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Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky, (Russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Мережковский) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic. A seminal figure of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, regarded as a co-founder of the Symbolist movement, Merezhkovsky – with his poet wife Zinaida Gippius – was twice forced into political exile. During his second exile (1918–1941) he continued publishing successful novels and gained recognition as a critic of Soviet Russia. Known both as a self-styled religious prophet with his own slant on apocalyptic Christianity, and as the author of philosophical historical novels which combined fervent idealism with literary innovation, Merezhkovsky was a nine times nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature, which he came closest to winning in 1933.

The words he put in Leonardo da Vinci's mouth in his biographical novel Romance of Leonardo da Vinci -- "I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men" -- are echoed by animal rights activists all over the world and have come to often be misattributed to Leonardo da Vinci himself.

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September 4, 2018
Кругом бред, однажды уверовал Мережковский. О чём не думай, здравого смысла в том не найдёшь. Допускаются любые предположения, неизбежно лишённые адекватного их осмысления. Если не ты, то кто-то другой найдёт признаки невразумительности. Поэтому допустимо говорить о чём угодно, всё равно будешь принят в штыки. Но найдутся и те, кому твои идеи покажутся близкими к истине или правдивыми. Осознав это, Мережковский приступил к написанию цикла заметок, в 1910 году объединив в сборник под названием “Больная Россия”. Вот их перечень: Зимние радуги, Конь бледный, Иваныч и Глеб, Головка виснет, Семь смиренных, К соблазну малых сих, Сердце человеческое и звериное, Елизавета Алексеена, Пророчество и провокация, Свинья Матушка, Земля во рту, Когда воскреснет, Аракчеев и Фотий.

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