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Record Nr.

UNISA996472058203316

Autore

Kleespies Ingrid

Titolo

Goncharov in the Twenty-First Century

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-64469-700-9

1-64469-699-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History Ser.

Altri autori (Persone)

PartsLyudmila

Disciplina

891.733

Soggetti

Authors as employees - Russia

Censorship - Russia

Russian prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One. The Life of Service -- Writer and Chinovnik: -- Writer or Censor: -- Part Two. The Challenges of Philosophy -- “Oblomovskii Platon”: -- Hegel’s Philosophy of History as the Unifying Thread of Goncharov’s Trilogy -- Longing, Replacement, and Anti-Economy in Oblomov -- Part Three. The Challenges of Realism: Traditions and Transgressions -- “Shadows, Dead People, and Specters”: -- The Queer Nihilist—Queer Time, Social Refusal, and Heteronormativity in Goncharov’s The Precipice -- Part Four. Author and Imperialist Abroad: Frigate Pallada -- “I Avoided the Factual Side . . .”: -- A Russian Observer Catches the London Eye: -- Who are You Laughing at? Identity, Laughter, and Colonial Discourse in Frigate Pallada -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Editors

Sommario/riassunto

Goncharov in theTwenty-First Century brings Ivan Goncharov's work into atwenty-first-century critical framework, engaging with approachesfrom post-colonial and queer studies, theories of genre andthe novel, desire, laughter, technology, philosophy, and mobility andtravel.