In Gogol's Shadow
Andrei Sinyavsky wrote In Gogol's Shadow while serving time in a Soviet labor camp. Opening with Gogol's funeral, this unorthodox biography strips the man away from the myth. Sinyavsky challenges the deeply held Russian and Soviet view-promoted by Gogol-that Gogol was first and foremost a political writer, whose biting satire was part of a quest for his country's salvation. In Gogol's Shadow reveals a writer more obsessed with language than with politics. Gogol's attempt to force his art neatly into the function of exposing social ills is undermined by his uncanny imagination and inventiveness. Over the course of his investigation, Sinyavsky'…
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Weitere Autoren: Billings, Josh (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-231-54381-1
- EAN: 9780231543811
- Produktnummer: 23034771
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2028
- Plattform: EPUB
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Andrei Sinyavsky. Translated by Josh Billings
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