The Spiritual Progress of the Hero and the Author in the Romance "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" (1499). Part II
This paper is Part II (Part I was published in: Iskusstvoznanie, 3-4/2013) of a comprehensive study of the Renaissance novel “Hypnerotomachia Poliphili” (Venice, 1499), which is being translated into Russian and prepared for publication by the author. The paper explores the plot and the meaning of the novel, which is written as a sequence of scenes and states of mind of its characters. The operant force of the narration is Poliphilo’s passing through symbolical borders and spaces that represent the stages of the spiritual progress of the protagonist, author and the reader. A detailed analysis of the plot allows to better understand the dramatic composition of the novel and its cultural and philosophical message.