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1 online resource |
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Intro; Title Page; Dedication; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: THEOLOGY IN THE SERBIAN FOLK POETRY; PART III: CHRISTOLOGY IN SERBIAN FOLK POETRY; PART IV: CONCEPTS OF THE FOLK POET ON THE SOUL, HELL AND PARADISE, GOOD DEEDS AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOR, AND THE LAST JUDGMENT; PART V: ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE SERBIAN FOLK EPIC; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOURCES; Copyright Page; Serbia and the Serbians-A Brief Historical Outline; The Epic in General; The Serbian Folk Epic: A General View; On Poetry in General as Art |
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Serbian Folk Poetry as Art-Esthetical, Psychological and Metaphysical Point of ViewThoughts of the Folk Poet on God; The Effect of God on the World; God Tests the World; God Permits Evil as a Consequence of Sin; God Punishes Sinners; God Pardons Sinners Who Do Penance; God Performs Miracles; God Is One; God Is Merciful; "I Fear No One 'Up To' God"; God, the Old "Executioner"; God Is Truth; God Is Great; God Is an Impartial Judge; Thoughts of the Folk Poet on the Son of God Jesus Christ; The Birth of Christ; The Baptism of Christ; The Agony and the Death of Christ |
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The Resurrection of Christ and Salvation TherebyThe Soul; Hell and Paradise; Good Deeds and Love for One's Neighbor; The Last Judgment; Thoughts of the Folk Poet on Mankind; The Significance of the Battle of Kossovo,; The Kossovo Ethic -- Prophecies of the Kossovo Tragedy; The Determination of Tzar Lazarus for the Kingdom of Heaven; The Significance of the Kingdom, of Heaven as Meant in the Decision of Tsar Lazarus; Ethic and Sanctity in the Heroism of Milosh Obilich; Evil in the World as a Consequence of Original Sin-Affirmation of Life-"Father Out of Sin"; Yugovich Mother |
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Universal Love Through Suffering.The Value of Innocent Sacrifice -- The Christian Moment in the Poem "The Erection of Skutari"; High Moral Dignity of the Human Character; Homo Divinus or Homo Faber-A Man of Culture or Man of Civilization |
| Summary |
This is a thorough and well-documented study, examining the theology and anthropology of the Serbian folk epic. The book opens a new field in Slavic folklore and offers scholars material heretofore not readily available in English. The work sheds light also on the Serbian soul and culture. Conceptions of God, restlessness of the folk poet for the transcendental, the deep ontological, cosmic, and theurgic character of the heroes of the Serbian folk epic, man's destiny, man of culture or man of civilization, are just a few of the topics that the author has concerned himself with in this book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 17, 2016) |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Serbian -- History and criticism
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Epic poetry -- Religious aspects
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Religion and literature -- Serbia
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Epic poetry, Serbian.
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Religion and literature.
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Serbia.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781504022965 |
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1504022963 |
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