Russian grotesque realism : the great reforms and the gentry decline / Ani Kokobobo.

Author/creator Kokobobo, Ani author.
Format Book
PublicationColumbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionx, 154 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The nihilist as grotesque other in Ivan Goncharov's The precipice and Nikolai Leskov's Cathedral folk -- Nihilist monsters and the failed gentry protagonist in Dostoevsky's Demons -- The gentry heroine as grotesque other: roots of Tolstoy's grotesque aesthetic in Anna Karenina -- Grotesque realism and the decline of the gentry in M. Saltykov-Shchedrin's The Golovlev Family -- The gentry milieu as grotesque microcosm in Tolstoy's Resurrection -- Rehabilitating all monsters: love and the rehumanization of the grotesque in the Brothers Karamazov -- Conclusion: The death of the novel.
Abstract "A rereading of the Russian realist novel that proposes a hybrid genre, grotesque realism, to describe changes during the postreform era"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2017045692
ISBN9780814213636 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0814213634 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic bk.)
ISBN(electronic bk.)
Standard identifier# 14739529
Standard identifier# 40028060336
Stock number14739529

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PG3096.G76 K65 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold