Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature
Author: Lauren G. Leighton
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780271041537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt 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.