he took this pseudonym, andrei bely, and it was with this name that he entered russian literature ast and prose writer. i could even believe that this selfish, narcissistic narcissist could write such bright, interesting poetry. as for white, here, as it seems to me, the situation was a little more complex or maybe, on the contrary, simpler, because the white poet and the white man were much closer to each other. bely was a very interesting person, but white was unusual; if balmont’s attitude towards the same nina petrovskaya towards other women was half-hearted... well, roughly speaking, consumerist and it is clear what he wanted from her, then as far as andrei is concerned bely, he perceived her not just as an admirer, not just as a fan, he in some sense perceived her as his student, as her adept, and here the situation, in a certain sense, turned upside down, now nina rather wanted love, wanted some kind of ordinary human happiness, and the white man, in general, was not ready for this. did not strive for this, bely had generally different views on the nature of man, on the nature