The "Latin Gerundive" as Autobiographical Imperative
A Reading of Mandel'shtam's Journey to Armenia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4209945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Gary Harris (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2497918 |
| OpenAlex | W2329523378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Journey to Armenia, Osip Mandel'shtam's most autobiographically engaged masterpiece of the 1930s is no ordinary journey.2 Written in Moscow during the summer of 1931, a year after his six-month sojourn in Armenia and Georgia, this contemplative journey adheres to an "itinerary" shaped by the path Mandel'shtam followed both in his quest for truth-"that truth which helps us to form a better sense of ourselves in tradition"-and in his search for a method to articulate that truth-a "method of creative cognition, a suitable means of gaining a sense of life." His "method of creative cognition" mediates between the poet's contemplation of contemporary reality and his meditation on the mystery of creation, or the creative impulse, whose origins he seeks in the deepest structures of language and legend, whose eternal principles he ponders in the organic phenomena of nature, and whose multiplicity of expression he experiences in the art, architecture, and archaeology of Armenia
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Contemplation · Epistemology · Legend · Literature · Mandala · Meditation · Reading (process · Byzantine Studies and History · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |