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...

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