Autobiography, Volume I: 1907 - 1937; Journey East, Journey West - Hardcover

Mircea Eliade; Mac Linscott Ricketts [Translator]

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060621427 ISBN 13: 9780060621421

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco, 1981

Synopsis

"Here finally are Eliade's memoirs of the first thirty years of his life in Mac Linscott Rickett's crisp and lucid English translation. They present a fascinating account of the early development of a Renaissance talent, expressed in everything from daily and periodical journalism, realistic and fantastic fiction, and general nonfiction works to distinguished contributions to the history of religions. Autobiography follows an apparently amazingly candid report of this remarkable man's progression from a mischievous street urchin and literary prodigy, through his various love affairs, a decisive and traumatic Indian sojourn, and active, brilliant participation in pre-World War II Romanian cultural life."—Seymour Cain, Religious Studies Review

About this title

About the Author:

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) was the Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor at the Divinity School and professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He was one of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and one of the world’s foremost interpreters of religious symbolism and myth. Eliade was the author of many works of scholarship and fiction, including A History of Religious Ideas and ten novels.  

Language Notes:

Text: English, Romanian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0060621427
• ISBN 13: 9780060621421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335