The forbidden forest by eliade, mircea, 1907publication date 1978 publisher. Complete summary of mircea eliade s the forbidden forest. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Peter christiansen,mircea eliades the forbidden forest and postwar. Mircea eliades detention in miercurea ciuc abstract. Guide to the mircea eliade papers 19261998 uchicago library. The forbidden forest mircea eliade, mac linscott ricketts, mary park stevenson on. This novel is long and is hard work, but is worth it. The story takes place between 1936 and 1948 in several european cities, and follows stefan vizeru, a romanian man on a spiritual quest. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Mircea eliade brought his huge knowledge of comparative religion and folklore, combining it with recent romanian history the ruritanian interwar period, and the darker and grim rise of the iron guard, the royal dictatorship of king carol ii, and the forced return of parts of the country to hungary and the ussr. In 1957, eliade assumed the position of professor in the university of chicago. Other articles where the forbidden forest is discussed. Lioara coturba s1 diary pages in the forbidden forest.