“Far away worlds” in the novel by Ivan Efremov “Andromeda Nebula” Cover Image

„Дальние миры” в романе Ивана Ефремова „Туманность Андромеды”
“Far away worlds” in the novel by Ivan Efremov “Andromeda Nebula”

Author(s): Irina Sääsk
Subject(s): Language studies, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: utopia; Efremov; Agni Yoga; modernism; Roerich

Summary/Abstract: The characters of the rational utopia by Ivan Efremov feel an irrational attraction to distant worlds. This allows us to reveal the relationship between Efremov’s fantasy and the neo--mythological novel of modernism. One of the sources of Efremov’s imagery was the book Agni Yoga, published anonymously in Paris by the Roerichs. Nostalgia for the distant worlds becomes a nostalgia for the free world and the pre-revolutionary past of Russia.

  • Issue Year: 45/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 81-88
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian
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