Religious and Philosophical Motives in the Works of S. A. Yesenin: From Paradise Lost to Rediscovery through Poetic Language
This article undertakes a rational reconstruction of the religious aspect of Yesenin's work to destroy some stereotypes of the daily and creative life of the poet. It first shows the external religious and metaphorical structure of Yesenin's poetry. Central to that poetry is the concept of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-57 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) |
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| Summary: | This article undertakes a rational reconstruction of the religious aspect of Yesenin's work to destroy some stereotypes of the daily and creative life of the poet. It first shows the external religious and metaphorical structure of Yesenin's poetry. Central to that poetry is the concept of salvation or the image of the Christian idea of the fall, redemption, and salvation. The creation of images of Russia as a lost paradise, sacrificial way, holy foolishness, and redemption through the resurrection of the world, and of the world tree as paradise regained, are tropes making up the system of Yesenin's poetics. The idea of art as a double vision is introduced as an explanatory principle of the poet's world view. It is shown that Yesenin's religious and poetic outlook is a promising object of phenomenological analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1918-6371 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt.2019-0057 |