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Holy foolishness in Russia new perspectives

Title
Holy foolishness in Russia [electronic resource] : new perspectives / edited by Priscilla Hunt & Svitlana Kobets.
Publication
Bloomington, IN : Slavica Publishers, [2011]

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Additional Authors
  • Hunt, Priscilla Hart.
  • Kobets, Svitlana, 1962-
Description
1 online resource (vii, 405 pages) : illustrations (mostly color)
Uniform Title
Holy foolishness in Russia (Online)
Subject
  • Holy fools > Russia
  • Christian saints > Russia
  • Religion and culture > Russia
  • Holy fools in art
  • Christian hagiography
  • Russia > Religious life
  • Russia > Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-405).
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Holy foolishness as a key to Russian culture / Svitlana Kobets -- Lice in the iron cap: holy foolishness in perspective / A. M. Panchenko -- Laughter as spectacle ; Holy foolishness in old Russia ; Holy foolishness as spectacle ; Holy foolishness as social protest / Priscilla Hunt -- The fool and the king: the vita of Andrew of Constantinople and Russian urban holy foolishness / Cynthia M. Vakareliyska -- Why there are so few holy fools in the medieval Bulgarian calendars of saints / Svitlana Kobets -- Isaakii of the Kiev Monastery: an ascetic feigning madness or a madman-turned-saint? / Sergey Ivanov -- Simeon of Iurievets and the hagiography of old Russian holy fools / Sergei Shtyrkov -- The unmerry widow: the blessed Ksenia of Petersburg in hagiography and hymnography / N. Iu. Bubnov -- The illustrations to the vita of Andrew of Constantinople in the tradition of Russian Old Believers / Svitlana Kobets -- Manuscript illustrations to the eighteenth-century vita of Andrew of Constantinople in the Khilandar Library / Marco Sabbatini -- The pathos of holy foolishness in Leningrad underground / Per-Arne Bodin -- Holy foolishness and postmodern culture / Laura Piccolo -- From stylization to parody: the paradigm of holy foolishness in contemporary Russian performance art.
LCCN
2011045281
OCLC
ssj0000606419
Title
Holy foolishness in Russia [electronic resource] : new perspectives / edited by Priscilla Hunt & Svitlana Kobets.
Imprint
Bloomington, IN : Slavica Publishers, [2011]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-405).
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Hunt, Priscilla Hart.
Kobets, Svitlana, 1962-
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