The Moral Dimension of the Prophetic Ideal
Pushkin and His Readers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4988656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Davidson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 490-518 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.2307/3090299 |
| OpenAlex | W2031156395 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this article Pamela Davidson identifies a range of literary strategies that evolved in response to the disparity between the high standard of moral purity, which was a prerequisite for the Hebrew prophet, and the much laxer moral standards of Russian writers who adopted this role model. Strategies designed to reinforce the moral credentials of Aleksandr Pushkin, commonly regarded as the prototype of the poet-prophet, include the substitution of artistic for moral integrity (Nikolai Gogol'), the treatment of literary accounts of purification as evidence of the writer's moral standing (readings of "The Prophet"), the cult of martyrdom as an aspect of the writer's biography, derived from his suffering in life (Mikhail Lermontov) and extended to the interpretation of his death (Vladimir Solov'ev). Although these strategies enabled such later writers as Fedor Dostoevskii to assume the role of prophet, the blurring of the moral dimension of the prophetic ideal had long-term consequences for the development of Russian society and culture
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Cult · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Moral character · Theology · Philosophy · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |