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Vol. 112: Andrey Bely. History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul: in 2 books. Book 1

  • ISSN: 0130-3627
  • ISBN: 978-5-9208-0625-3
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/0130-3627-2020-112-1
  • For Citation: Literary Heritage. Vol. 112: Andrey Bely. History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul: in 2 books. Book 1 / comp., ed. and with an introd. by M.P. Odessky, M.L. Spivak, H. Stahl; text prep. and with comm. by M.P. Odessky, M.L. Spivak, H. Stahl, with the participation of a group of authors. – Moscow: IWL RAS, 2020. – 640 p., color insert 64 p. – (Literary Heritage; vol. 112).

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  • Published: 2020
  • Abstract:

    Volume 112 of “Literary Heritage” contains Andrey Bely’s fundamental two-volume treatise “History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul” (1926–1931), the main, summary work of his life, published in its entirety on the basis of the author’s autographs for the first time. It presents the symbolist writer as an original philosopher, an outstanding historian and cultural critic. In it Bely explores the laws of human development, starting with the appearance of Christianity and ending with the 20th century, the era of symbolism and anthroposophy.

    The unique set of related materials is published for the first time: the draft of the treatise,

    fragments of the first edition, explanatory notes by Andrey Bely himself and his widow K.N. Bugayeva. For the first time, drawings, diagrams and accompanying posters are reproduced

    that clarify the author’s idea of “History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul.”

    The publication is provided with essential detailed scholarly commentary, an introduction and afterword, indexes of names and illustrations.

    The book is intended for philologists, historians, philosophers; for researchers, postgraduates, students and a wide range of readers interested in the history of world culture and civilization.
  • Keywords: Andrei Bely, anthroposophy, symbolism, Rudolf Steiner, cultural history, textology.
  • Author 1: Odesskiy Mikhail P.  
  • About the Author:

    Odesskiy Mikhail P.  — DSc in Philology, Professor, Chair of Literary Criticism Department, Russian State University for Humanities, Miusskaya sq., 6, 125993, Moscow, Russia.

    ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2503-8078

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  • Author 2: Spivak Monika L. 
  • About the Author:

    Spivak Monika L. — DSc in Philology, Head of the “Literary Heritage” Department, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya st., 25 a, bld. 1, 121069, Moscow, Russia.

    ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5308-9780

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  • Author 3: Stahl Henrieke
  • About the Author:

    Stahl Henrieke — DSc in Slavistics, Professor, Morbach, Germany.

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References

Sources

1. Andrei Belyi i Ivanov-Razumnik. Perepiska [Correspondence], publ., introd. and comm. by A.V. Lavrov and J. Malmstad; text prep. by T.V. Pavlova, A.V. Lavrov and J. Malmstad. St. Petersburg, Atheneum; Feniks Publ., 1998. 736 p. (In Russ.)

2. Bugaeva, K.N. Vospominaniia ob Andree Belom [Reminiscences about Andrei Bely], ed. by J. Malmstad, with a preface and comm. by the same, text prep. by E.M. Varentsova and J. Malmstad. St. Petersburg, Ivan Limbakh Publ., 2001. 444 p. (In Russ.)

Research Works

1. Belous, V.G. “Filosofiia vremeni Andreia Belogo i ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“Andrei Bely’s Philosophy of Time and the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 39–48. (In Russ.)

2. Belous, V.G. “‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo: istoriko-filosofskie paralleli” [“Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’: Historical and Philosophical Parallels]. In Miry Andreia Belogo [Andrei Bely’s Worlds], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak, comp. by I. Delektorskaia and E. Nasedkina. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2011, pp. 610–617. (In Russ.)

3. Karenovich, I. “‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo v kontekste nemetskoi istoriosofii” [“Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’ in the Context of German Historiosophy”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 273–86. (In Russ.)

4. Katsis, L. “Neskol’ko kommentariev k iudeiskim otzvukam i ikh istochnikam v ‘Istorii samosoznaiushchei dushi Andreia Belogo’. (K analizu glavy ‘Tochka rubezha’)” [“Several Comments on Jewish Echoes and Their Sources in Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’: An Analysis of the Chapter ‘The Turning Point’”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 287–301. (In Russ.)

5. Katsis, L.F. “Semantika risunkov Andreia Belogo, sootnosimykh s ‘Istoriei stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“The Semantics of Andrei Bely’s Drawings Related to the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’]. In Miry Andreia Belogo [Andrei Bely’s Worlds], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak, comp. by I. Delektorskaia and E. Nasedkina. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2011, pp. 638–656. (In Russ.)

6. Odessky, M.P. “Strategiia ‘simvolizatsii’ v ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“The Strategy of ‘Symbolizations’ in the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 49–60. (In Russ.)

7. Odessky, M.P. “Ot Liutsifera k Arkhangelu Mikhailu: M.Iu. Lermontov v ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo” [“From Lucifer to Archangel Michael: M.Yu. Lermontov in Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. In Arabeski Andreia Belogo: zhiznennyi put’, dukhovnye iskaniia, poetika [The Arabesques of Andrei Bely: Life Path, Spiritual Quests, Poetics], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2017, pp. 509–518. (In Russ.)

8. Odessky, M.P. “Stikhovedenie i antroposofiia (‘Ritm kak dialektika’ i ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo)” [“Versification and Anthroposophy: ‘Rhythm as Dialectics’ and Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. In Miry Andreia Belogo [Andrei Bely’s Worlds], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak, comp. by I. Delektorskaia and E. Nasedkina. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2011, pp. 666–677. (In Russ.)

9. Orlitsky, Iu.B. “Ritm v filosofsko-esteticheskikh iskaniiakh Andreia Belogo i v ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ v kontekste iskanii ego vremeni” [“Rhythm in Andrei Bely’s Philosophical and Aesthetic Quests and in the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’ in the Context of His Time’s Searches”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 175–194. (In Russ.)

10. Svasyan, K. “Istoriia kak material k biografii: Andrei Belyi i ego opus magnum” [“History as Material for a Biography: Andrei Bely and His Opus Magnum”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 61–88. (In Russ.)

11. Szilárd, L. “‘Novaia matematika’ i ‘filosofiia matematiki’ v ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’: aspekty aritmologii i kombinatoriki” [“‘New Mathematics’ and ‘Philosophy of Mathematics’ in the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’: Aspects of Arithmology and Combinatorics”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 137–157. (In Russ.)

12. Szilárd, L. “Kul’turologicheskaia kontseptsiia Andreia Belogo v traktate ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“Andrei Bely’s Cultural Concept in the Treatise ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. In Miry Andreia Belogo [Andrei Bely’s Worlds], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak, comp. by I. Delektorskaia and E. Nasedkina. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2011, pp. 594–619. (In Russ.)

13. Spivak, M.L. “Andrei Belyi v rabote nad traktatom ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“Andrei Bely at Work on the Treatise ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 1–19. (In Russ.)

14. Spivak, M.L. “‘Pis’mo, napisannoe v serdtsakh nashikh’: Andrei Belyi –– Rudol’f Shteiner –– apostol Pavel” [“‘A Letter Written in Our Hearts’: Andrey Bely –– Rudolf Steiner –– Apostle Paul]. In Novozavetnye obrazy i siuzhety v kul’ture russkogo modernizma [New Testament Images and Plots in the Culture of Russian Modernism], ed. by O.A. Bogdanova and A.G. Gacheva, Moscow, Indrik, 2018, pp. 372–389. (“Eternal” Plots and Images; issue 4) (In Russ.)

15. Shmitt, A.B. “‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo: samosoznaiushchaia dusha skvoz’ prizmu dushi rassuzhdaiushchei” [“Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’: The Self-Conscious Soul through the Prism of the Reasoning Soul”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, issues 1–2, 2011, pp. 207–222. (In Russ.)

16. Shmitt, A.B. “Meditativnyi opyt Andreia Belogo kak kliuch k ego istoriosofskoi kontseptsii ‘Samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“Andrei Bely’s Meditative Experience as a Key to His Historiosophical Concept of the ‘Self-Conscious Soul’”]. Literaturnyi fakt, no. 10, 2018, pp. 267–292. (In Russ.)

17. Shtal’, Kh. “Genezis poniatiia samosoznaiushchei dushi i ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo” [“The Genesis of the Concept of the Self-Conscious Soul and Andrey Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. Russian Literature, vol. 70, no. 1–2, 2011, pp. 21–37. (In Russ.)

18. Shtal’, Kh. “Meditativnyi opyt Andreia Belogo i ‘Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’” [“Andrei Bely’s Meditative Experience and the ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. In Andrei Belyi: avtobiografizm i avtobiograficheskie praktiki [Andrei Bely: Autobiographism and Autobiographical Practices], ed. by K. Kriveller and M. Spivak. St. Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriia Publ., 2015, pp. 80–101. (In Russ.)

19. Shtal’, Kh. “Problemy tekstologii ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo: datirovka i kompozitsiia” [“Problems of Textology in Andrey Bely's ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’: Dating and Composition”]. In Arabeski Andreia Belogo: zhiznennyi put', dukhovnye iskaniia, poetika [The Arabesques of Andrey Bely: Life Path, Spiritual Quests, Poetics], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2017, pp. 492–508. (In Russ.)

20. Shtal’, Kh. “Spiral’ ili ritmicheskii zhest istorii: risunok k ‘Istorii stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi’ Andreia Belogo” [“Spiral or the Rhythmic Gesture of History: A Drawing for Andrei Bely’s ‘History of the Formation of a Self-Conscious Soul’”]. In Miry Andreia Belogo [Andrei Bely’s Worlds], ed. by K. Ichin and M. Spivak, comp. by I. Delektorskaia and E. Nasedkina. Belgrade; Moscow, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade Publ., 2011, pp. 618–37. (In Russ.)