Nikolai Gogol : : Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism / / Edyta M. Bojanowska.
The nineteenth-century author Nikolai Gogol occupies a key place in the Russian cultural pantheon as an ardent champion of Russian nationalism. Indeed, he created the nation’s most famous literary icon: Russia as a rushing carriage, full of elemental energy and limitless potential.In a pathbreaking...
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Bojanowska, Edyta M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Nikolai Gogol : Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism / Edyta M. Bojanowska. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©2007 1 online resource (460 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Nationalism in Russia and Ukraine -- 2. From a Ukrainian to a Russian Author -- 3. The Politics of Writing History -- 4. Confronting Russia -- 5. Nationalizing the Empire -- 6. The Failure of Fiction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- General Index -- Index of Works Cited restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The nineteenth-century author Nikolai Gogol occupies a key place in the Russian cultural pantheon as an ardent champion of Russian nationalism. Indeed, he created the nation’s most famous literary icon: Russia as a rushing carriage, full of elemental energy and limitless potential.In a pathbreaking book, Edyta M. Bojanowska topples the foundations of this russocentric myth of the Ukrainian-born writer, a myth that has also dominated his Western image. She reveals Gogol’s creative engagement with Ukrainian nationalism and calls attention to the subversive irony and ambiguity in his writings on Russian themes. While in early writings Gogol endowed Ukraine with cultural wholeness and a heroic past, his Russia appears bleak and fractured. Russian readers resented this unflattering contrast and called upon him to produce a brighter vision of Russia. Gogol struggled to satisfy their demands but ultimately failed.In exploring Gogol’s fluctuating nationalist commitments, this book traces the connections and tensions between the Russian and Ukrainian nationalist paradigms in his work, and situates both in the larger imperial context. In addition to radically new interpretations of Gogol’s texts, Bojanowska offers a comprehensive analysis of his reception by contemporaries.Brilliantly conceived and masterfully argued, Edyta Bojanowska fundamentally changes our understanding of this beloved author and his place in Russian literature. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,-1809-1852-Criticism and interpretation. National characteristics, Russian, in literature. National characteristics, Ukrainian, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674270442?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674270442 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674270442/original |
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