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.
• Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986--Diaries.

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