Nikolai Gogol : Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism / Edyta M. Bojanowska.
2022
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Title
Nikolai Gogol : Between Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism / Edyta M. Bojanowska.
ISBN
9780674270442
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (460 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674270442 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
891.78/309
Summary
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.
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Table of Contents
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
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