Holy foolishness in Russia : new perspectives / edited by Priscilla Hunt & Svitlana Kobets.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunt, Priscilla Hart, editor, author.

Kobets, Svitlana, 1962- editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy fools--Russia.

Holy fools.

Christian saints--Russia.

Christian saints.

Religion and culture--Russia.

Religion and culture.

Holy fools in art.

Christian hagiography.

Religious life.

Russia--Religious life.

Russia.

Russia--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

vii, 405 p ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Slavica Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

A cultural perspective on holy foolishness as a phenomenon that has been vital through the ages is provided by a series of articles, most notably the first English translation of A.M. Panchenko's 1976 "Laughter as Spectacle'" (from its 1984 edition). Other topics include the Vita of Andrew of Constantinople and Russian urban holy foolishness, the absence of holy fools from Medieval Bulgarian calendars, Simon of Iurievets and the hagiography of Old Russian holy fools, an illuminated Vita of Andrew the Fool of Constantinople from the Hilandar Research Library at Ohio State University, and holy foolishness and postmodern culture. There is no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780893573836

0893573833

OCLC:

759695963