Kathleen Scollins

Acts of Logos in Pushkin and Gogol

Petersburg Texts and Subtexts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Acts of Logos examines the 19th-century foundations of St. Petersburg's famous literary tradition, with a focus on the unifying principle of material animation. Innovative interpretations of canonical texts by Pushkin and Gogol shed new light on the powerful, creative function of language in the Petersburg tradition.

Produktdetails

• Liber Primus
• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9781618115829
• ISBN-10: 1618115820
• Artikelnr.: 47654941

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Scollins is an assistant professor at the University of Vermont, where she teaches Russian language and literature in the Department of German and Russian.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: In the Beginning Was Peter
s Word Introduction: St. Petersburg Myth, Text, Word 1. Cursing at the Whirlwind The Book of Job according to Pushkin 2. Gambling Away the Petri-mony Rival Models of Social Advancement in Pushkin
s
The Queen of Spades
3. Body Parts, Puff Pastries, and the Devil Himself Nevsky Prospect as the Hellmouth of Gogol
s Petersburg 4. Mertvye ushi The Annunciation Motif and Disorder of the Senses in
The Nose
5. Kako sdelan Akakii Letter as Hero in
The Overcoat
Conclusion: Beyond the Schism Works Cited