N. S. Gumilyov in the light of the “new Hesychasm” by D. Andreev

Abstract

The problem of N. S. Gumilyov’s philosophical and artistic reception in the work of D. Andreev is considered. Works devoted to the Russian writer N. S. Gumilev are investigated in connection with this. The relevance of the research is due to the need to state and highlight the problems of the Hesychast traditions in the work of Andreev, since the very life and work of the author of the “Rose of the World” became a continuation of the Russian Hesychastic spiritual, cultural and artistic tradition in the twentieth century. The definitions of the concepts “new Hesychasm by D. Andreev”, “Metaisihazm” are given. The novelty of the research is seen in the fact that for the first time in literary criticism the problem of the “new Hesychasm” of D. Andreev is raised. The Hesychast interpretation of the image and fate of Gumilyov is revealed. A classification of Hesychast practices of spiritual achievement is proposed, which Andreev refers to in order to characterize his older brother of the quill. The results of a comparative analysis of key lexemes in the works of Gumilev and Andreev are presented. The presence of these lexical markers is considered as evidence of a poetic dialogue, a convergence of poets through the decades. The significance of this dialogue in the construction of the metahistorical and life-giving poetic world of D. Andreev is revealed. The question regarding the interpretation of the image of N. S. Gumilev as a symbol of the “ennobled man” in the “Rose of the World” by D. Andreev is raised.

Keywords

• d. a. andreev
• n. s. gumilyov
• hesychasm
• herald
• life creativity
• ennobled man