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Memoirs and Madness examines memoir as a literary genre, investigates the creation of Leonid Andreev's posthumous legacy by his contemporaries, and explores the possibility that Andreev, Russia's leading literary figure at the beginning of the twentieth century, suffered from mental illness. Frederick White's primary focus is A Book About Leonid Andreev (1922), the most important collection of memoirs dedicated to the Russian author, presented here in the first English translation. The agendas of the memoirists resulted in portraits that have influenced how Andreev is read and spoken about to the present day. White pays special attention to Andreev's history of mental illness, which the memoirists described with vague terms such as "creative energy" or "inner turmoil." Past scholarship has focused on philosophical and sociological factors in the author's life but this concentration on his mental health provides a fruitful approach to deciphering the literary portraits.

Biography as a literary form --- Authors, Russian --- Biography --- Andreyev, Leonid, --- Mental health --- Biography as a literary form. --- Mental health. --- Authorship --- Prose literature --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Andreev, Leonid, --- Андреев, Леонид, --- Andréief, Léonide, --- Andreyeff, Leonid, --- Andreiyeff, Leonidas, --- Andrejew, Leonid, --- Andreiev, Leonidas, --- Андреев, Леонид Николаевич, --- Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich, --- Andriejew, Leonid, --- Andreev, L. N. --- Андреев, Л. Н. --- Andrejev, Leonid, --- אנדרייעוו, לעאניד --- אנדרעיעוו, לעאניד --- אנדרעיעוו, לעאניד, --- אנדרעיעוו, ל. --- אנדרעיעןן, לעאניד --- אנדרעיעװ, לעאניד --- אנדרעיעװ, לעאניד, --- אנדרעעוו, א. --- אנדרעעוו, לעאניד --- אנדרעעװ, לעאניד, --- אנדרעװ, ל., --- Andreieff, Leonid, --- Andelieyefu, --- 安德列耶夫, --- Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich --- Authors, Russian - 20th century - Biography --- Andreyev, Leonid, - 1871-1919 --- Andreyev, Leonid, - 1871-1919 - Mental health --- Bipolar disorder in literature.

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The Russian avant-garde was a composite of antagonistic groups who wished to overthrow the basic aesthetics of classical realism. Modernism was the totality of these numerous aesthetic theories, which achieved a measure of coherence immediately after the First World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines the major figures, movements, and manifestos of the period. Scholarly attention is given to literature, visual arts, cinema, and theatre in an attempt to capture the complex nature of the modernist movement in Russia. This book would be especially relevant for university courses on the Russian twentieth century as well as for those looking for a comprehensive approach to the various movements and artistic expressions that constitute the Russian avant-garde.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) --- Radicalism in art --- Radicalism in literature --- Arts, Russian --- Modernism (Art) --- Modernism (Literature) --- Experimental theater --- Motion pictures --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Alternative theater --- Avant-garde theater --- Theater --- Crepuscolarismo --- Literary movements --- Art, Modernist --- Modern art --- Modernism in art --- Modernist art --- Aesthetic movement (Art) --- Art, Modern --- Russian arts --- Sintez (Group of artists) --- Aesthetics --- History --- History and criticism --- Soviet Union --- Intellectual life --- History. --- Советский Союз --- Ber. ha-M. --- Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich --- ZSRR --- Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Sowieckich --- ZSRS --- Szovjetunió --- TSRS --- Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga --- SRSR --- Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik --- SSSR --- Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik --- UdSSR --- Shūravī --- Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah --- Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) --- Sovetskiy Soyuz --- Soyuz SSR --- Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Soi︠u︡z SSR --- Uni Sovjet --- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics --- USSR --- SSṚM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun --- SSHM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun --- URSS --- Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas --- Berit ha-Moʻatsot --- Rusyah --- Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī --- Rusiyah --- Rusland --- Soṿet-Rusland --- Uni Soviet --- Union soviétique --- Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls --- Związek Radziecki --- ESSD --- Sahaphāp Sōwīat --- KhSHM --- SSR Kavširi --- Russland --- SNTL --- PSRS --- Su-lien --- Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana --- FSSR --- Unione Sovietica --- Ittiḥād-i Shūravī --- Soviyat Yūniyan --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Civilization --- Radicalism in art. --- Radicalism in literature.