THE BRIDGE (translated by Mac Linscott Ricketts)
THE BRIDGE (translated by Mac Linscott Ricketts)
Author(s): Mircea EliadeSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Romanian Assoc. for the History of Religions & Inst. for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy
Keywords: Coincidentia oppositorum; unrecognizability of miracle; camouflage of mysteries; negative theology; exit; Upaniṣads; brahman; ātman; māyā; Magna Mater.
Summary/Abstract: One of Eliade’s more difficult novellas to decipher, it consists of a series of seemingly unconnected plots involving a variety of characters, whose bizarre adventures gradually become more interwoven as the work progresses. The main theme is the unrecognizability of miracle, or the camouflage of mystery in ordinary reality. Not a fantastic story, it belongs more properly to the genre of mystery or philosophical narrative.
Journal: ARCHÆVS. Studies in the History of Religions
- Issue Year: XV/2011
- Issue No: 01+02
- Page Range: 15-35
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
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