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Author Scollins, Kathleen, 1971- author.

Title Acts of logos in Pushkin and Gogol Petersburg texts and subtexts / Kathleen Scollins
Published Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2017

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Series Liber Primus
Liber Primus (Series)
Contents Prologue: in the beginning was Peter's word -- Introduction: St. Petersburg -- Myth, text, word -- Cursing at the whirlwind -- The Book of Job according to Pushkin -- Gambling away the Petri-mony -- Rival models of social advancement in Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades" -- Body parts, puff pastries, and the devil himself -- Nevsky prospect as the hellmouth of Gogol's petersburg -- Mertvye ushi -- The annunciation motif and disorder of the senses in "The Nose" -- Kako sdelan Akakii -- Letter as hero in "The Overcoat" -- Conclusion: beyond the schism
Summary 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
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Subject Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 -- Criticism and interpretation
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852 -- Criticism and interpretation
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Personification in literature.
Symbolism in literature.
personification.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Literature
Personification in literature
Russian literature
Symbolism in literature
Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- In literature
Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017020784
ISBN 1618115839
9781618115836