The Intimate Stranger : Meetings with the Devil in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0820455164
ISBN-13
9780820455167
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 13th, 2001
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
564 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Classical texts
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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.
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