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Russian Devils and Diabolic Conditionality in Nikolai Gogol's «Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka»

Russian Devils and Diabolic Conditionality in Nikolai Gogol's «Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka»

Beyer Jr, Thomas R.
Putney, Christopher

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Series: Middlebury Studies in Russian Language and Literature, Book 15

Literary CriticismReligion General Anthropology

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ISBN10: 0820437700
ISBN13: 9780820437705
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Mar 1 1999
Pages: 250
Language: English
In addition to examining the aesthetic representation of evil in Nikolai Gogol's Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, this book explores the traditions of speculation into the devil found in Orthodox theology, medieval Russian literature, and East Slavic folklore. The author considers the evolution of Gogol's demonic idiom, as well as the numerous ways in which the shape of Gogol's devil develops according to theological, literary, and folkloric models of evil. Offering a fresh and apt context for reading Gogol's Dikanka tales, this study also provides the first English-language overview of the devil in medieval Russian literature.

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