{"product_id":"gogol-s-crime-and-punishment-an-essay-in-the-interpretation-of-nikolai-gogol-s-dead-souls-9781644697627","title":"Gogol’s Crime and Punishment: An essay in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph is nothing less than a bold attempt at solving the riddle of Gogol’s novel \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e that even inspired a staging of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e at Schauspiel Stuttgart. Heftrich gives a comprehensive, coherent answer to the question of the novel’s meaning by meticulously laying bare its structure. The first part of the monograph is dedicated to one section of Gogol’s novel that has been neglected by virtually all critics - a clue that leads to a strictly ethical reading of Gogol’s epic. Gogol, as it emerges, constructed \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e strictly according to a moral pattern. It is amazing to discover how flawlessly \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is built in this regard. The novel thus proves to be a true descendant of medieval romance with its inseparable interrelation between ethics and epics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Of Beauty, Truth, and Evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Chichikov’s Prehistory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ethos and Epic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Ground Plan of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Ground Plan of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Chichikov’s Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e On Truth and Lies in a Moral Sense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Five Faces of Lying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Shadow Realm of Lies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Chichikov’s Punishment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e Judgment and Rumor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Five Acts of the Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ethos and Epic: Chichikov’s \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359914000727,"sku":"9781644697627","price":78.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644697627.jpg?v=1754126100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gogol-s-crime-and-punishment-an-essay-in-the-interpretation-of-nikolai-gogol-s-dead-souls-9781644697627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}