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The life written by himself / Archpriest Avvakum ; translated by Kenneth N. Brostrum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avvakum Petrovich, Protopope, 1620 or 1621-1682, author.
- Series:
- Russian library (Columbia University. Press)
- Russian library
- Standardized Title:
- Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Avvakum Petrovich, Protopope, 1620 or 1621-1682.
- Avvakum Petrovich.
- Old Believers--Biography.
- Old Believers.
- Clergy--Russia--Biography.
- Clergy.
- Russia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- lvii, 145 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Moscow in the middle of the seventeenth century had a distinctly apocalyptic feel. An outbreak of the plague killed half the population. A solar eclipse and comet appeared in the sky, causing panic. And a religious reform movement intended to purify spiritual life and provide for the needy had become a violent political project that cleaved Russian society and the Orthodox Church in two. The autobiography of Archpriest Avvakum provides a vivid account of these cataclysmic events from a figure at their center. Written in the 1660s and '70s from a cell in an Arctic village where the archpriest had been imprisoned by the tsar, Avvakum's autobiography is a record of his life, ecclesiastical career, painful exile, religious persecution, and imprisonment. It is also a salvo in a contest about whether to follow the old Russian Orthodox liturgy or import Greek rites and practices. These concerns touched every stratum of Russian society-and for Avvakum, represented an urgent struggle between good and evil. Avvakum's autobiography has been a cornerstone of Russian literature since it first circulated among religious dissidents. Its language and style served as a model for writers such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Gorky. The Life Written by Himself is not only an important historical document but also an emotionally charged and surprisingly conversational self-portrait of a crucial figure in a tumultuous time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Russian.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Avvakum Petrovich, Protopope, 1620 or 1621-1682. Life written by himself
- ISBN:
- 9780231198080
- 0231198086
- 9780231198097
- 0231198094
- OCLC:
- 1198088147
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