Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

An extremely interesting and valuable book.... In post-Soviet Russia, there is renewed interest in Solovyov's philosophy and, among some theologians, in sophiology, which is no longer seen as a threat to doctrinal orthodoxy. Given current interest in the subject in the West as well, Judith Deutsch Kornblatt has provided a timely and valuable resource for the study of Solovyov's concept of Divine Sophia.- Hugh Wybrew (Times Literary Supplement) Judith Deutsch Kornblatt's remarkable and erudite study of the Sophia in Vladimir Solov'ev's life and writings offers a comprehensive presentation of the origins of the wisdom principle of Sophia in religious thought and its evolution in Solov'ev's identity.... The book's unusual structure of two distinctively different parts—the first an intellectual tour-de-force analyzing the myriad facets of Sophia and her influence on Solov'ev, and the second a collection of annotated translations of the philosopher-poet's wisdom writings, with a reading guide preceding each group of translations—will appeal to both scholars and educators.- Valeria Z. Nollan (Slavic Review) The present volume is not only striking for its manifest erudition, but also for its utter handiness.... For specialist and non-specialist alike, the author has performed an invaluable service, making research available, especially to those not conversant in Russian. In one handy volume, every contribution Solovyov ever put to ink on the subject of Divine Wisdom is found: from the purely exploratory... to his formal, philosophical expositions.- R. Slesinski (Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies)

• Part I: Who Is Solovyov and What Is Sophia?Introduction: Visions and Re- Visions of SophiaThe "Life Drama" of SolovyovPositivism and Spiritualism / Feminism and PansophismWisdom's Bequest: Sophia through the AgesSolovyov as Self- Conscious HeirHow to Write a Vision?Conclusion: Sophia as Divinely Human Mediator Part II: The Wisdom Writings of Solovyov—Annotated Translations1. Early Sophianic PoemsReading GuideEarly Poems"My tsaritsa appeared to me""My empress has a lofty palace""Near, far off, not here, not there"2. The Sophia: A "Mystical- Theosophical- Philosophical-Theurgical- Political" DialogueReading GuideThe Sophia"On Man's Metaphysical Need""Sophie. First Triad. First Principles""First Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Unity (The Principle of Monism)""Second Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Duality (The Principle of Dualism)"["Third Dialogue"]"Second Dialogue: The Cosmic and Historical Process""Third Chapter: Morality and Politics"3. Sophia in Philosophical Prose Reading Guide"Fragments": An Overview"On the Three Worlds""On the Three Conditions (in General)"From "Theological Principles"From Lectures on Divine Humanity: An OverviewLecture SevenLecture EightLecture NineLecture TenLectures Eleven and TwelveFrom Russia and the Universal Church (Book Three): An Overview"III. The Divine Essence and Its Threefold Manifestation""IV. The World Soul as the Foundation of Creation, Space, Time, and Mechanical Causality""V. The Higher World. The Freedom of the Pure Spirits""VI. The Three Chief Stages of the Cosmogonic Process""VII. The Threefold Incarnation of Divine Wisdom""The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte": An Overview"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte"4. "At the Dawn of Misty Youth": A Semiautobiographical Short StoryReading Guide"At the Dawn of Misty Youth"5. The White Lily: Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God (A Mystery- Jest in Three Acts)Reading GuideThe White Lily 6. Three Encounters: Final PoemaReading GuideThree EncountersSource Notes to the TranslationsBibliographyIndex

Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

An extremely interesting and valuable book.... In post-Soviet Russia, there is renewed interest in Solovyov's philosophy and, among some theologians, in sophiology, which is no longer seen as a threat to doctrinal orthodoxy. Given current interest in the subject in the West as well, Judith Deutsch Kornblatt has provided a timely and valuable resource for the study of Solovyov's concept of Divine Sophia.- Hugh Wybrew (Times Literary Supplement) Judith Deutsch Kornblatt's remarkable and erudite study of the Sophia in Vladimir Solov'ev's life and writings offers a comprehensive presentation of the origins of the wisdom principle of Sophia in religious thought and its evolution in Solov'ev's identity.... The book's unusual structure of two distinctively different parts—the first an intellectual tour-de-force analyzing the myriad facets of Sophia and her influence on Solov'ev, and the second a collection of annotated translations of the philosopher-poet's wisdom writings, with a reading guide preceding each group of translations—will appeal to both scholars and educators.- Valeria Z. Nollan (Slavic Review) The present volume is not only striking for its manifest erudition, but also for its utter handiness.... For specialist and non-specialist alike, the author has performed an invaluable service, making research available, especially to those not conversant in Russian. In one handy volume, every contribution Solovyov ever put to ink on the subject of Divine Wisdom is found: from the purely exploratory... to his formal, philosophical expositions.- R. Slesinski (Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies)

• Part I: Who Is Solovyov and What Is Sophia?Introduction: Visions and Re- Visions of SophiaThe "Life Drama" of SolovyovPositivism and Spiritualism / Feminism and PansophismWisdom's Bequest: Sophia through the AgesSolovyov as Self- Conscious HeirHow to Write a Vision?Conclusion: Sophia as Divinely Human Mediator Part II: The Wisdom Writings of Solovyov—Annotated Translations1. Early Sophianic PoemsReading GuideEarly Poems"My tsaritsa appeared to me""My empress has a lofty palace""Near, far off, not here, not there"2. The Sophia: A "Mystical- Theosophical- Philosophical-Theurgical- Political" DialogueReading GuideThe Sophia"On Man's Metaphysical Need""Sophie. First Triad. First Principles""First Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Unity (The Principle of Monism)""Second Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Duality (The Principle of Dualism)"["Third Dialogue"]"Second Dialogue: The Cosmic and Historical Process""Third Chapter: Morality and Politics"3. Sophia in Philosophical Prose Reading Guide"Fragments": An Overview"On the Three Worlds""On the Three Conditions (in General)"From "Theological Principles"From Lectures on Divine Humanity: An OverviewLecture SevenLecture EightLecture NineLecture TenLectures Eleven and TwelveFrom Russia and the Universal Church (Book Three): An Overview"III. The Divine Essence and Its Threefold Manifestation""IV. The World Soul as the Foundation of Creation, Space, Time, and Mechanical Causality""V. The Higher World. The Freedom of the Pure Spirits""VI. The Three Chief Stages of the Cosmogonic Process""VII. The Threefold Incarnation of Divine Wisdom""The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte": An Overview"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte"4. "At the Dawn of Misty Youth": A Semiautobiographical Short StoryReading Guide"At the Dawn of Misty Youth"5. The White Lily: Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God (A Mystery- Jest in Three Acts)Reading GuideThe White Lily 6. Three Encounters: Final PoemaReading GuideThree EncountersSource Notes to the TranslationsBibliographyIndex

Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

An extremely interesting and valuable book.... In post-Soviet Russia, there is renewed interest in Solovyov's philosophy and, among some theologians, in sophiology, which is no longer seen as a threat to doctrinal orthodoxy. Given current interest in the subject in the West as well, Judith Deutsch Kornblatt has provided a timely and valuable resource for the study of Solovyov's concept of Divine Sophia.- Hugh Wybrew (Times Literary Supplement) Judith Deutsch Kornblatt's remarkable and erudite study of the Sophia in Vladimir Solov'ev's life and writings offers a comprehensive presentation of the origins of the wisdom principle of Sophia in religious thought and its evolution in Solov'ev's identity.... The book's unusual structure of two distinctively different parts—the first an intellectual tour-de-force analyzing the myriad facets of Sophia and her influence on Solov'ev, and the second a collection of annotated translations of the philosopher-poet's wisdom writings, with a reading guide preceding each group of translations—will appeal to both scholars and educators.- Valeria Z. Nollan (Slavic Review) The present volume is not only striking for its manifest erudition, but also for its utter handiness.... For specialist and non-specialist alike, the author has performed an invaluable service, making research available, especially to those not conversant in Russian. In one handy volume, every contribution Solovyov ever put to ink on the subject of Divine Wisdom is found: from the purely exploratory... to his formal, philosophical expositions.- R. Slesinski (Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies)

• Part I: Who Is Solovyov and What Is Sophia?Introduction: Visions and Re- Visions of SophiaThe "Life Drama" of SolovyovPositivism and Spiritualism / Feminism and PansophismWisdom's Bequest: Sophia through the AgesSolovyov as Self- Conscious HeirHow to Write a Vision?Conclusion: Sophia as Divinely Human Mediator Part II: The Wisdom Writings of Solovyov—Annotated Translations1. Early Sophianic PoemsReading GuideEarly Poems"My tsaritsa appeared to me""My empress has a lofty palace""Near, far off, not here, not there"2. The Sophia: A "Mystical- Theosophical- Philosophical-Theurgical- Political" DialogueReading GuideThe Sophia"On Man's Metaphysical Need""Sophie. First Triad. First Principles""First Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Unity (The Principle of Monism)""Second Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Duality (The Principle of Dualism)"["Third Dialogue"]"Second Dialogue: The Cosmic and Historical Process""Third Chapter: Morality and Politics"3. Sophia in Philosophical Prose Reading Guide"Fragments": An Overview"On the Three Worlds""On the Three Conditions (in General)"From "Theological Principles"From Lectures on Divine Humanity: An OverviewLecture SevenLecture EightLecture NineLecture TenLectures Eleven and TwelveFrom Russia and the Universal Church (Book Three): An Overview"III. The Divine Essence and Its Threefold Manifestation""IV. The World Soul as the Foundation of Creation, Space, Time, and Mechanical Causality""V. The Higher World. The Freedom of the Pure Spirits""VI. The Three Chief Stages of the Cosmogonic Process""VII. The Threefold Incarnation of Divine Wisdom""The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte": An Overview"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte"4. "At the Dawn of Misty Youth": A Semiautobiographical Short StoryReading Guide"At the Dawn of Misty Youth"5. The White Lily: Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God (A Mystery- Jest in Three Acts)Reading GuideThe White Lily 6. Three Encounters: Final PoemaReading GuideThree EncountersSource Notes to the TranslationsBibliographyIndex