Gérard de Nerval’s Mysticism: A Mystico-Symbolic Analysis

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_9345
dc.title	Gérard de Nerval’s Mysticism: A Mystico-Symbolic Analysis
dc.contributor.author	Raimondo Riccardo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2022/56/mysticisme-de-gerard-de-nerval-une-analyse-mystico/
dc.description.abstract	In the seven sonnets that form the section Mysticisme included in the volume Petits Châteaux de Bohême (1852), Gérard de Nerval possibly deals for the first time with a spiritual theme in an organic and structured way. It is a poetic project that anticipates the depth of the Chimères, as well as the fascination of the Filles du feu and Aurélia. The analysis of this sonnet sequence allows us to address the foundational themes and spiritual inspirations informing Nerval’s subsequent works. Through a ‘geometric conjecture’ based on three symbols – the cross, the circle, and the triangle – this article aims at providing a personal interpretation of Mysticisme.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 56 \| September 2022
dc.issued	2022-09-28
dc.dateAccepted	2022-08-28
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-06-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2022/10/014
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Esoterism
dc.subject	Literature and spirituality
dc.subject	Mysticism
dc.subject	Nerval
dc.subject	Romanticism
dc.subject	Symbolism

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Riccardo Raimondo University of Oslo, Norway; Université de Montréal, Canada

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In the seven sonnets that form the section Mysticisme included in the volume Petits Châteaux de Bohême (1852), Gérard de Nerval possibly deals for the first time with a spiritual theme in an organic and structured way. It is a poetic project that anticipates the depth of the Chimères, as well as the fascination of the Filles du feu and Aurélia. The analysis of this sonnet sequence allows us to address the foundational themes and spiritual inspirations informing Nerval’s subsequent works. Through a ‘geometric conjecture’ based on three symbols – the cross, the circle, and the triangle – this article aims at providing a personal interpretation of Mysticisme.

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Sept. 28, 2022

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Aug. 28, 2022

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June 1, 2022

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Keywords: Symbolism • Esoterism • Literature and spirituality • Mysticism • Romanticism • Nerval

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