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100 1 $aLeighton, Lauren G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82220829
245 14 $aThe esoteric tradition in Russian romantic literature :$bDecembrism and Freemasonry /$cLauren G. Leighton.
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c1994.
300 $aviii, 224 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The Esoteric Tradition and Thaumaturgy -- 1. The Esoteric Tradition in Russia -- 2. The Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Poetry -- 3. Ryleyev's Voynarovsky: Decembrist Prescience -- 4. Decembrist Repentance: "The Frigate Hope" -- 5. Decembrist Fate: Pushkin and Bestuzhev -- 6. Numbers and Numerology: Pushkin's "Queen of Spades" -- 7. Thaumaturgy in "The Queen of Spades" -- 8. Freemasonry in "The Queen of Spades" -- 9. Literature and Thaumaturgy: Sources and Tradition.
520 $aThe European esoteric tradition was introduced into Russia in the eighteenth century by Freemasons and continued in Russian romantic literature of the early nineteenth century. This study, which conjoins historiographical methods developed by modern scholars of esoterica and formalist methods of textual analysis, reveals the role of that tradition in Russian romantic literature.
520 8 $aIt deals extensively with Decembrism, the political conspiracy so known after its culmination in a failed attempt to overthrow the tsarist autocracy in December 1825. The Decembrist writers and other romantics influenced by Freemasonry, including Kondraty Ryleyev, Alexander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, and Alexander Pushkin, were adept in the application of thaumaturgical skills to literature.
520 8 $aThaumaturgy denotes the application of arcane skills, some derived from the Cabala, to both the interpretation and creation of encoded literary texts.
520 8 $aThe Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature also deals with the relationships between Russia's national poet and those writers who made the first major attempt at a Russian revolution. Viewing these relationships through the prism of occult imagery used in various literary works, Leighton tells an engaging story of political intrigue and communication by secret codes.
650 0 $aRussian literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115990
650 0 $aOccultism in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093827
650 0 $aDecembrists.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036183
650 0 $aFreemasonry and literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91003004
650 0 $aRomanticism$zRussia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111028
852 00 $bglx$hPG3015.5.O33$iL45 1994