Prepared offensive

I first encountered the name Toncho Zhechev on the pages of Rodna Rechi. The articles he published had nothing to do with the then widespread method of theses, simplified presentation of facts. And yet, it was difficult to predict the author's literary-critical development from these articles. Rather, they suggested a future appearance in the field of aesthetics. The author possessed the ability to think about the aesthetic essence of literary works. But he was still far from the ability to respond with heightened emotionality to the works he analyzed. He lacked what we usually call literary-critical nerve.