The article traces the origins of existentialism on examples writers and philosophers XIX century. history study category «artistic consciousness» «existential is considered. theoretical substantiation concepts proposed. terms «existential» «existentialist» are distinguished. term applied to S. Kierkegaard, M. Lermontov, F. Tyutchev, A. Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, Chekhov, Nietzsche r...

This paper is an inquiry into a contemporary heavy metal band from Sweden called Ghost. Ghost released its first studio album in 2010 and, while there some discussion as to what their genre exactly, they immediately became rising star the scene. Yet of particular interest storytelling point view, especially with regard theological answers philosophical questions popular culture, that presents i...

Despite his well-known criticisms of popular religion, Hume refers in seemingly complimentary terms to ‘true religion’; in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, his character Philo goes so far as to express ‘veneration for’ it. This paper addresses three questions. First, did Hume himself really approve of something that he called ‘true religion’? Second, what did he mean by calling it ‘true’?...

The article analyzes the poem by Nikolai Zabolotsky A City in Steppe, which was written poet after returning from exile 1946. unfolds before reader a grand panorama of Kazakh city Karaganda. appears as kind epic and even mythological that has replaced timeworn era. It is shown there are several metaphysical layers plot poem: along with description real Karaganda, biblical symbolism both Old New...

This paper examines an unpublished manuscript for a novel, Montel, written by editor Gladys Fornell in the mid-twentieth century. In my paper, I examine Fornell’s professional work and literary connections to surmise what influenced her lack of success publishing the novel. Specifically, I highlight Montel as a transitional novel that accentuates the differences between modern and postmodern li...