This literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the text of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist masterpiece "The Nose". Part I focuses on numerous instances of the writer's wordplay, which is meant to surprise and delight the reader, but which often is lost in English translations. It traces Gogol's descriptions of St. Petersburg everyday life, familiar to the writer's contemporaries and fellow citizens but hidden from the modern Western reader. Part II presents an overview of major critical approaches to the story in Gogol scholarship.
- ISBN13 9781644695197
- Publish Date 6 May 2021 (first published 20 April 2021)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Academic Studies Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 236
- Language English