Shapes of Apocalypse: Arts and Philosophy in Slavic Thought (Myths and Taboos in Russian Culture)

Synopsis

Part One. Philosophy -- The Tilted Pillar : Rozanov And The Apocalypse / Giancarlo Baffo -- Salvation Without Redemption : Phenomenology Of (pre)-history In Patočka's Late Work / Riccardo Paparusso -- Part Two. Literature -- The Sacrament Of End : The Theme Of Apocalypse In Three Works By Gogol / Vladimir Glyantz -- Apocalyptic Imagery In Dostoevskij's The Idiot And The Devils / William J. Leatherbarrow -- Black Blood, White Roses : Apocalypse And Redemption In Blok's Later Poetry / Irene Masing-delić -- Apocalypse And Golgotha In Miroslav Krleža's Olden Days : Memoirs And Diaries 1914-1921/1922 / Suzana Marjanić -- Part Three. Music And Visual Arts -- The Apocalyptic Dispersion Of Light Into Poetry And Music : Aleksandr Skrjabin In The Russian Religious Imagination / Polina Dimova -- From The Peredvižniki's Realism To Lenin's Mausoleum : The Two Poles Of An Apocalyptic-palingenetic Path / Chiara Cantelli -- Theatre At The Limit : Jerzy Grotowski's Apocalypsis Cum Figuris / Andrea Oppo -- On Apocalypse, Witches And Desiccated Trees : A Reading Of Andrej Tarkovskij's The Sacrifice / Alessio Scarlato. Edited By Andrea Oppo. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [265]-277) And Index.