The Portugal journal / Mircea Eliade ; translated from the Romanian and with a preface and notes by Mac Linscott Ricketts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.

Series:

SUNY series, issues in the study of religion.

SUNY series, issues in the study of religion

Standardized Title:

Jurnalul portughez. English

Language:

English

Romanian

Subjects (All):

Religion historians--United States--Diaries.

Religion historians.

Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986--Diaries.

Eliade, Mircea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Summary:

Detailing a fascinating, hitherto unknown period in the life of one of the twentieth century's preeminent intellectuals, The Portugal Journal was written by Mircea Eliade from 1941–1945, when he served as a diplomat in Lisbon. Eliade's work as a theorist of religion has been the chief influence on how religion is understood and studied in contemporary times and he is also increasingly well known as a writer of fiction and drama. Long awaited by readers, The Portugal Journal is the only one of Eliade's journals to be published in its entirety, unedited by its author. Here, Eliade writes frankly, at times about things that he could never bring himself to make public, including his relationship with the Iron Guard, his problems with hypersexuality, his religious beliefs and actions, his admiration for René Guénon, and his sufferings and terrible grief both before and after his wife's death."With WWII as the historical context, this journal is fascinating to read because Eliade invites the reader into the interior of his troubled mind. The journal is replete with existential pathos, anxiety, loss, fear, danger, suffering, sorrow, and happy moments. Readers will be rewarded with some surprises, without political apologies for being on the wrong side during the war." — Carl Olson, author of The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the CentreMac Linscott Ricketts is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Louisburg College. He is the translator of a number of Mircea Eliade's works, including Journal I, 1945–1955, Journal IV, 1979–1985, and Autobiography I and II.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Translator's Preface

The Portugal Journal

The Journal, 1941

The Journal, 1942

The Journal, 1943

The Journal, 1944

The Journal, 1945

The Appendices

Journal of the Novel Viaţă Nouă

First Impressions of Portugal

Official Communiqués

Preface to Salazar și Revolutia în Portugalia

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and index.

ISBN:

9781438429601

1438429606

9781441639110

144163911X

OCLC:

587445988