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"The Nose" : a stylistic and critical companion to Nikolai Gogol's story / Ksana Blank.

Гоголь, Николай Васильевич, By: Series: Companions to Russian literaturePublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021Description: 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781644695197
  • 9781644695203
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852. Nos
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: "The Nose"DDC classification:
  • 891.73/3  23 B642
Contents:
The text in Russian. N.V. Gogol' "Nos" -- Annotations to the Russian text -- How "The Nose" is made: language game as the engine of the plot -- Interpretations. Joke, jest, farce, anecdote ; Social satire ; Mockery of the demonic and of the sacred ; Chronicle of folk superstitions ; A case of castration anxiety ; An echo of German romanticism ; Perfect nonsense ; Shostakovich's opera The Nose ; A play with reality: "The Nose," Kafka, and Dali.
Summary: "The Guide focuses on Gogol's language in "The Nose" and his playful twisting of the many Russian idioms that are usually lost in English translations of the story. It traces Gogol's descriptions of St. Petersburg everyday life, familiar to the writer's contemporaries but hidden from the modern Western reader. It also presents major critical interpretations of the story and its connections to the works of Shostakovich, Kafka, Dalí and Kharms"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The text in Russian. N.V. Gogol' "Nos" -- Annotations to the Russian text -- How "The Nose" is made: language game as the engine of the plot -- Interpretations. Joke, jest, farce, anecdote ; Social satire ; Mockery of the demonic and of the sacred ; Chronicle of folk superstitions ; A case of castration anxiety ; An echo of German romanticism ; Perfect nonsense ; Shostakovich's opera The Nose ; A play with reality: "The Nose," Kafka, and Dali.

"The Guide focuses on Gogol's language in "The Nose" and his playful twisting of the many Russian idioms that are usually lost in English translations of the story. It traces Gogol's descriptions of St. Petersburg everyday life, familiar to the writer's contemporaries but hidden from the modern Western reader. It also presents major critical interpretations of the story and its connections to the works of Shostakovich, Kafka, Dalí and Kharms"-- Provided by publisher.