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Name: The Bible in the poetical system of symbolistic historical texts by D.S.Merezhkovsky

Authors: Ivan N. Chernikov

Каменец-Подольский национальный университет (Украина)

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: The Bible as a metatext represents a special series of characters, plots and motives in the symbolistic historical prose by D.S.Merezhkovsky. By virtue of his creative inclinations Merezhkovsky focused on the mythology of the Old and New Testament, using in his historical novels some elements of Christian mythopoetics, coding the Bible Apocrypha, myths and motives.

Keywords: the bible, symbolism, historical texts, d.s.merezhkovsky

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