The image of the heart in poetic and patristic synthesis
Journal: RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
Year: 2024

The religious, philosophical and poetic context of the functioning of the image of the heart in the discourse of Russian symbolist poets is analyzed. An attempt has been made to discover mythological and Christian (evangelical and patristic) roots in the genesis of “cardio- topy”. The authors of the study rely on a wide range of works by Russian theologians and philosophers. In addition, for a more complete interpretation of the image, the latest anatomical and philosophical concepts and distant