Демон. Вечные истории

Vosemʹ redakt͡siĭ, desi͡atʹ s pereryvami let raboty, gluboko lichnoe proizvedenie o vechnom protivostoi͡anii Dobra i Zla, kotoroe podvelo chertu pod russkim romantizmom, - vse ėto o poėme "Demon".Vpervye k ee zamyslu Lermontov obratilsi͡a pi͡atnadt͡satiletnim i͡unosheĭ, i s toĭ pory obraz Demona - mi͡atezhnogo dukha, odolevaemogo strasti͡ami i obrechennogo na vechnoe odinochestvo, - slovno navazhdenie, voshel v tvorchestvo poėta i presledoval ego vplotʹ do tragicheskoĭ gibeli. V sbornik takzhe vkhodi͡at poėmy raznykh let, predstavli͡ai͡ushchie tvorcheskui͡u zhiznʹ Lermontova do "Demona" i posle nego: "Korsar", "Prestupnik", "Dva brata", "Dve nevolʹnit͡sy", "Dzhi͡ulio", "Azrail", "Angel smerti", "Ispovedʹ", "Mori͡ak" i "Skazka dli͡a deteĭ".

Eight editions, ten years of work with interruptions, a deeply personal work about the eternal confrontation of Good and Evil, which drew a line under Russian romanticism — all this is about the poem "The Demon".For the first time, Lermontov turned to her plan as a fifteen—year—old boy, and since then the image of a Demon - a rebellious spirit overcome by passions and doomed to eternal loneliness - like an obsession entered the poet's work and pursued him until his tragic death. The collection also includes poems from different years representing Lermontov's creative life before and after the "Demon": "Corsair", "Criminal", "Two Brothers", "Two Slaves", "Julio", "Azrael", "Angel of Death", "Confession", "Sailor" and "A fairy tale for children."