Bøger af Dmitry Merezhkovsky

Emperor Julian, recognizing the popularity of Christianity among the Roman people, attempts to reinstate the Olympian gods at the center of spiritual life. The Death of the Gods, a novel by Dmitriy Merezhkovsky, is the first book in The Christ and Antichrist Trilogy, a series in which the author explores his apocalyptic vision of Christianity¿s fulfillment in the twentieth century.

Peter and Alexis is th third and final part of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy. All three novels had considerable success in Western Europe but were received coolly in Russia where the majority of the critics considered the trilogy tendentious and scholastic. Merezhkovsky saw Russia as an 'heir' to the fundamental Christ-Antichrist conflict and focuses here on Peter the Great as the "embodiment of Antichrist" (an idea he shared with Russian Old Believers) as opposed to the 'purely Christian' figure of Tsarevich Alexei.

Resurrection of Gods. Leonardo da Vinci is the second novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, first published in 1900 by Mir Bozhy magazine. The novel constitutes the second part of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy. The novel starts with the merchant Buonarcozzi digging out the statue of Venus, with Leonardo invited as an expert. This echoes the final scene of The Death of the Gods with Arsinoya's prophecy about "future brothers" who will dig out the precious bones of Hellas, and start worshipping them again. The adventures of the great artist and thinker of the Renaissance are set against the background of conflicts and tragedies, all going to show the new epoch's re-emerging humanism, harking back to the spirit of Antiquity and contrasting the monastic horrors of the Middle Ages.

The Death of the Gods. Julian the Apostate is a novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, first published in 1895 as the first instalment of "The Christ and Antichrist" trilogy. Exploring the theme of the 'two truths', those of Christianity and the Paganism, and developing Merezhkovsky's own religious theory of the Third Testament, the novel made Merezhkovsky a well-known author both in Russia and Western Europe.