The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism

The article examines the symbolics in the play “Ariana and Bluebeard, or Vain Deliverance” (1896) by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck and in the libretto “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” by the Hungarian writer Béla Balazs (1911). There is a transformation of the Bluebeard story from folklore to the...

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Main Author: Olga S. Pospelova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2022-12-01
Series:Литературный факт
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Online Access:http://litfact.ru/images/2022-26/07_Pospelova_183-201.pdf
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description The article examines the symbolics in the play “Ariana and Bluebeard, or Vain Deliverance” (1896) by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck and in the libretto “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” by the Hungarian writer Béla Balazs (1911). There is a transformation of the Bluebeard story from folklore to the field of symbolist and neo-romantic literature, where it undergoes significant changes, being transformed into a “new age myth.”
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spelling doaj.art-57254e0de13d406dad279da935080b932023-01-16T15:00:09ZengRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World LiteratureЛитературный факт2541-82972542-24212022-12-014 (26)18320110.22455/2541-8297-2022-26-183-201The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of SymbolismOlga S. Pospelova0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-7216Russian State University for the HumanitiesThe article examines the symbolics in the play “Ariana and Bluebeard, or Vain Deliverance” (1896) by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck and in the libretto “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle” by the Hungarian writer Béla Balazs (1911). There is a transformation of the Bluebeard story from folklore to the field of symbolist and neo-romantic literature, where it undergoes significant changes, being transformed into a “new age myth.”http://litfact.ru/images/2022-26/07_Pospelova_183-201.pdfbluebeardmaeterlinckbalagesymbolismneo-romanticismsindeathrebirthhadespersephone
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The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism
Литературный факт
bluebeard
maeterlinck
balage
symbolism
neo-romanticism
sin
death
rebirth
hades
persephone
title The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism
title_full The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism
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title_full_unstemmed The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism
title_short The Image of Bluebeard in the Age of Symbolism
title_sort image of bluebeard in the age of symbolism
topic bluebeard
maeterlinck
balage
symbolism
neo-romanticism
sin
death
rebirth
hades
persephone
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