Angels and demons of literature. Polemic notes of the "Non -professional" o "" literary workshop "

The very name of the book by V. Yu. Katasonov sets the tone for the narrative: we will talk about the opposites, antipodes, antonyms, irreconcilable opponents, about good and evil, after all. Russian literature as part of culture is considered to be a mirror of the Russian soul, a reflection of life. And many evaluate its influence on society as extremely positive.
But is it really so? Were there demons - demons, and angels - angels? "Honey" or "Cicuta" receives society from literature?
The author poses polemic questions about the role of literature in historical processes, affects the thinnest strings of the soul of a Russian person, forces to reason, doubt and argue. The book represents the author’s view of the key events of the XIX and XX centuries in their connection with literature and art.
And this view is all the more interesting, because it belongs not to a literary critic or a philologist, but by an economist. The reader has the opportunity to evaluate the work of the classics of Russian literature in a new way: A. S. Pushkin, F. M. Dostoevsky, M. Yu. Lermontov, M. A. Bulgakov, M. Gorky, etc