Glossolalia of Andrei Bely (under the prism of comparative study)

Vol.18,No.1(2015)

Eva Maliti

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http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/134462

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Abstract
The experimental long poem Glossolália (1917) by the Russian symbolist author Andrei Bely (1880–1934) reflects the great influence of anthroposophy on the poet, a follower of Rudolf Steiner. The poet focuses on eurythmy, which expresses interior sounds through the body, and also Steiner’s cosmogony. This original artistic work encompasses a wide inter-literary and inter-cultural context (The Bible in Steiner’s interpretation, Kabala, The Book of Genesis, Aurora by J. Böhme, etc.). The article analyses the forms of reflection on Bely's work by Russian as well as Czech literary scholars (Danuše Kšicová), while a considerable response to Glossolália can be found also among Western Slavicists. Through the prism of comparative analysis the article interprets the work as one of the European projects of searching for the universal (in the words of Umberto Eco ideal) language.

Keywords:
Russian poetry; symbolism; experiment; anthroposophy; eurythmy; the language of languages

Pages:
151–161
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