Goncharov in the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Lyudmila Parts, Ingrid Kleespies.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Balakin, Aleksei,; Guskov, Sergei,; Ivantsov, Vladimir,; Juharyan, Victoria,; Kleespies, Ingrid,; Kokobobo, Ani,; Koroliov, Sonja,; McFadden, Devin,; Parts, Lyudmila,; Sobol, Valeria,; Zubkov, Kirill,
• HerausgeberIn: Kleespies, Ingrid,; Parts, Lyudmila,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Goncharov in the Twenty-First Century brings together a range of international scholars for a reexamination of Ivan Goncharov’s life and work through a twenty-first century critical lens. Contributions to the volume highlight Goncharov’s service career, the complex and understudied manifestation of Realism in his work, the diverse philosophical threads that shape his novels, and the often colliding contexts of writer and imperial bureaucrat in the 1858 travel text Frigate Pallada. Chapters engage with approaches from post-colonial and queer studies, theories of genre and the novel, desire, laughter, technology, and mobility and travel.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One. The Life of Service -- Writer and Chinovnik: -- Writer or Censor: -- Part Two. The Challenges of Philosophy -- “Oblomovskii Platon”: -- Hegel’s Philosophy of History as the Unifying Thread of Goncharov’s Trilogy -- Longing, Replacement, and Anti-Economy in Oblomov -- Part Three. The Challenges of Realism: Traditions and Transgressions -- “Shadows, Dead People, and Specters”: -- The Queer Nihilist—Queer Time, Social Refusal, and Heteronormativity in Goncharov’s The Precipice -- Part Four. Author and Imperialist Abroad: Frigate Pallada -- “I Avoided the Factual Side . . .”: -- A Russian Observer Catches the London Eye: -- Who are You Laughing at? Identity, Laughter, and Colonial Discourse in Frigate Pallada -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Editors