The Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature: Decembrism and Freemasonry Format:Paperback In a sympathetic reading of

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ISBN-13: 9780025829114

Publisher: Tellwell Talent

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The Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature: Decembrism and Freemasonry Format:Paperback In a sympathetic reading ofThe 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. It deals extensively with Decembrism, the political conspiracy so known