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- catalog abstract ""The Intimate Stranger provides the first detailed investigation of a distinctive literary phenomenon: a fascination with demons and devils in nineteenth-century Russian literature. Nearly all of the major authors of the period - Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy - used images of devils to explore issues of human temptation, sin, and guilt in a troubled world. Asking fundamental questions - where does evil come from? when does it appear in characters' lives? - these writers created a remarkable array of demonic figures, ranging from grotesque demons to handsome nihilists. This book discusses the various literary, religious, and folkloric factors that influenced the representation of the demonic, and it investigates the profound, soul-shattering effects that a personal encounter with the demonic may have on an individual's life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12181073.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The Intimate Stranger provides the first detailed investigation of a distinctive literary phenomenon: a fascination with demons and devils in nineteenth-century Russian literature. Nearly all of the major authors of the period - Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy - used images of devils to explore issues of human temptation, sin, and guilt in a troubled world.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: The Nature of the Beast -- 2. The Devil Stirs: First Encounters -- 3. Gogol's Early Demons: From Dikanka to Mirgorod -- 4. Eluding Definition: The Devil in St. Petersburg -- 5. Aleksandr Pushkin and the Spirit of Seduction -- 6. Mikhail Lermontov and the Demon Spurned -- 7. Lengthening Shadows: Fedor Dostoevskii's Devils -- 8. Conflict at the Crisis Point: The Brothers Karamazov -- 9. An Attempt at Exorcism: Tolstoi's Late Fiction -- 10. Conclusion: The Indispensable Demon.".
- catalog description "Asking fundamental questions - where does evil come from? when does it appear in characters' lives? - these writers created a remarkable array of demonic figures, ranging from grotesque demons to handsome nihilists. This book discusses the various literary, religious, and folkloric factors that influenced the representation of the demonic, and it investigates the profound, soul-shattering effects that a personal encounter with the demonic may have on an individual's life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-302) and index.".
- catalog extent "308 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Intimate stranger.".
- catalog identifier "0820455164 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Intimate stranger.".
- catalog isPartOf "Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature ; v. 26".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Intimate stranger.".
- catalog subject "891.709/351 21".
- catalog subject "Demonology in literature.".
- catalog subject "Devil in literature.".
- catalog subject "PG3015.5.D47 C66 2001".
- catalog subject "Russian literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: The Nature of the Beast -- 2. The Devil Stirs: First Encounters -- 3. Gogol's Early Demons: From Dikanka to Mirgorod -- 4. Eluding Definition: The Devil in St. Petersburg -- 5. Aleksandr Pushkin and the Spirit of Seduction -- 6. Mikhail Lermontov and the Demon Spurned -- 7. Lengthening Shadows: Fedor Dostoevskii's Devils -- 8. Conflict at the Crisis Point: The Brothers Karamazov -- 9. An Attempt at Exorcism: Tolstoi's Late Fiction -- 10. Conclusion: The Indispensable Demon.".
- catalog title "The intimate stranger : meetings with the devil in nineteenth-century Russian literature / Julian W. Connolly.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".