Russian devils and diabolic conditionality in Nikolai Gogol's Evenings on a farm near Dikanka:

In addition to examining the aesthetic representation of evil in Nikolai Gogol's Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, this book explores the traditions of speculation into the devil found in Orthodox theology, medieval Russian literature, and East Slavic folklore. The author considers the evolution...

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Main Author: Putney, Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Lang 1999
Series:Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature 15
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:In addition to examining the aesthetic representation of evil in Nikolai Gogol's Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, this book explores the traditions of speculation into the devil found in Orthodox theology, medieval Russian literature, and East Slavic folklore. The author considers the evolution of Gogol's demonic idiom, as well as the numerous ways in which the shape of Gogol's devil develops according to theological, literary, and folkloric models of evil
Offering a fresh and apt context for reading Gogol's Dikanka tales, this study also provides the first English-language overview of the devil in medieval Russian literature
Physical Description:XIII, 250 S.
ISBN:0820437700

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