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Companions to Russian Literature Ser.: Nose : A Stylistic and Critical Companion to Nikolai Gogol's Story by Ksana Blank (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-101644695200
ISBN-139781644695203
eBay Product ID (ePID)5050101582
Product Key Features
Number of Pages238 Pages
Publication NameNose : a Stylistic and Critical Companion to Nikolai Gogol's Story
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
SubjectComparative Literature, Modern / 19th Century, Russian & Former Soviet Union
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorKsana Blank
SeriesCompanions to Russian Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2020-049545
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Ksana Blank's commentary to "The Nose" will be useful not only to advanced undergraduates and graduate students, but also to scholars, particularly to those who do not speak Russian natively. She has an admirable ability to reconstruct the context of Gogol's St. Petersburg, both in the everyday life of the capital and in the idioms that Gogol consciously fractures and rearranges." - Michael Wachtel, Princeton University, "Ksana Blank's companion to Gogol's 'The Nose' is an excellent new resource for students of Russian language and literature... The annotations to the text are remarkably thorough and identify allusions, irony, and colloquialisms that the casual reader may miss and the second-language student may struggle with even while paying great attention. These annotations are informed by a deep understanding of the historical and social context of the work; they not only identify interesting linguistic moments, but also point out ways in which the nineteenth-century Russian reader would have understood Gogol's text... 'The Nose': A Stylistic and Critical Companion is a helpful resource for students of Russian literature as well as for scholars new to Gogol criticism. Its attention to style and language is especially refreshing. It provides a much-needed close reading of the story that will hopefully inspire other, similarly detailed analyses of Gogol's works." - Sara Jo Powell, Harvard University, Russian Language Journal "Ksana Blank's commentary to "The Nose" will be useful not only to advanced undergraduates and graduate students, but also to scholars, particularly to those who do not speak Russian natively. She has an admirable ability to reconstruct the context of Gogol's St. Petersburg, both in the everyday life of the capital and in the idioms that Gogol consciously fractures and rearranges." - Michael Wachtel, Princeton University
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal891.733
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction Part One. How "The Nose" Is Made . . «» Annotations to the Russian Text Language Game as the Engine of the Plot Part Two. Interpretations 1. Joke, Jest, Anecdote 2. Social Satire 3. Mockery of the Demonic and of the Sacred 4. Chronicle of Folk Superstitions 5. A Case of Castration Anxiety 6. An Echo of German Romanticism 7. Perfect Nonsense 8. Shostakovich's Opera The Nose 9. A Play with Reality: "The Nose," Kafka, and Dalí Instead of a Conclusion Selected Bibliography
SynopsisThis literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the text of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist masterpiece "The Nose." Part I focuses on numerous instances of the writer's wordplay, which is meant to surprise and delight the reader, but which often is lost in English translations. It traces Gogol's descriptions of everyday life in St. Petersburg, familiar to the writer's contemporaries and fellow citizens but hidden from the modern Western reader. Part II presents an overview of major critical interpretations of the story in Gogol scholarship from the time of its publication to the present, as well as its connections to the works of Shostakovich, Kafka, Dalí, and Kharms., Great resource for undergraduates, graduates and scholars alike Valuable insight into St. Petersburg everyday life during Gogol's time, inaccessible to the modern Western reader, as well as to many Russian readers. Blank's observations are based on her long-term experience of teaching "The Nose" in upper-level Russian language and literature courses at Princeton. The Guide offers a close reading of "The Nose" that focuses on confusing details, statements that have figurative or connotative meaning, oddly formed sentences and literally interpreted idioms, as well as many other obscure remarks made by the author in his witty banter with the reader. Provides full text of "The Nose" in Russian Although there exists a vast corpus of secondary literature on Gogol's "The Nose" in both Russian and Western scholarship, this literary companion provides a comprehensive view of this little gem of Russian literature in a single volume. Perfect resource for academic libraries, particularly with strong literature or Russian/Eastern European programs
LC Classification NumberPG3332.N63B53 2021
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