TY - BOOK ID - 78645516 TI - Acts of Logos in Pushkin and Gogol PY - 2017 SN - 1618115839 9781618115836 9781618115829 1618115820 PB - Boston, MA DB - UniCat KW - Russian literature KW - Personification in literature. KW - Symbolism in literature. KW - Signs and symbols in literature KW - Symbolism in folk literature KW - Pathetic fallacy KW - Allegory KW - History and criticism. KW - Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, KW - Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, KW - Пушкин, Александр Сергеевич, KW - Poesjkin, Alexander, KW - Puszkin, Aleksander, KW - Puschkin, Alexander, KW - Pouchkine, Alexandre, KW - Poushkin, Alexander, KW - Puškin, Alexandr Sergějevič, KW - Пушкін, Олександр Сергійович, KW - Pushkin, Oleksandr Serhiĭovych, KW - Пушкин, А. С. KW - Pushkin, A. S. KW - Pushkin, Alexander, KW - Pʻu-hsi-chin, KW - Pushkin, A. KW - Пускин, Александр, KW - Puskin, Aleksandr, KW - Pooshkeen, Alexander, KW - Pushḳin, Aleksander S. KW - Puškin, Alexander Sergeevich, KW - Puškin, Aleksandar S., KW - Puškini, Alekʻsandre, KW - Puskin, Alé̂chxanđrơ, KW - Puskin, Alegsandar, KW - Pushkin, Alejandro Sergueevich, KW - Puchkin, Alejandro Serguievich, KW - Puschkin, A. S. KW - Puṣkin̲, Aleksāṇṭar, KW - Pushkin, Alexandr, KW - פושקין KW - פושקין, אלכסנדר סרגיביץ׳, KW - פושקין, אלכסנדר סרגייביץ KW - פושקין, אלכסנדר סרגייביץ׳, 1799־1837 KW - פושקין, אלקסנדר סרגיביץ, KW - פושקין, א. KW - פושקין, א. ס, KW - פושקין, א. ס. KW - פושקין, ס. KW - 普希金, A. S., KW - Pușkin, A. S., KW - Гоголь, Николай Васильевич, KW - Гоголь, Микола Васильович, KW - Hoholʹ, Mykola Vasylʹovych, KW - Ko-kuo-li, KW - Geguoli, KW - Гогаль, Н. В., KW - Hohalʹ, N. V., KW - Gogol, Mikołaj, KW - Gogolis, N., KW - Gogol, Nikolay Vasilyevich, KW - Гоголь, Н. В. KW - Gogolʹ, N. V. KW - Gogol, Nicolai, KW - Gogolʹ, Nicola, KW - Kuo-ko-li, KW - Guogeli, KW - Гоголь, KW - Gogolʹ, KW - Gōgori, Nikorai, KW - Gōgori, Nikorai Vashīrievichi, KW - Gogolʹ, Nikolaj, KW - Gogol, Nicolas, KW - Gogolli, En, KW - Gogolj, Nikolaj, KW - Gogol, Nicolaus, KW - Gogol, Nikolaus, KW - Gogolj, N. V., KW - גאגאל, נ. וו., KW - גאגאל, נ.וו KW - גוגול KW - גוגול, י. וו., KW - גוגול, ניקולאי KW - גוגול, ניקולאי ואסילייביץ KW - גוגול, ניקולאי ואסילייביץ', KW - גוגול, ניקולאי וסילביץ', KW - גוגול, ניקולאי ו., KW - גוגול, ניקולאי, KW - גוגול, נ. ו. KW - גוגול, נ. ו., KW - גוגל, נ. ו. KW - 果戈理, KW - 果戈里, KW - Gogol, Nicholai V., KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Saint Petersburg (Russia) KW - Saint Petersburg (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - Pietari (Russia) KW - Peterburi (Russia) KW - Peterburg (Russia) KW - Piter (Russia) KW - St. Petersburg (Russia) KW - Petersburg (Russia) KW - Sankt-Peterburg (Russia) KW - Санкт-Петербург (Russia) KW - Sanktpeterburg (Russia) KW - Санктпетербург (Russia) KW - Saint-Pétersbourg (Russia) KW - San Pietroburgo (Russia) KW - Petroupolis (Russia) KW - Petropolis (Russia) KW - Petrograd (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - Leningrad (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - In literature. KW - Puškin, Aleksandr Sergeevič KW - Poesjkin, A. S. KW - Poesjkin, Alexander KW - Pouchkine, Alexandre KW - Puschkin, Alexander KW - Puschkin, Alexander Sergejewitsch KW - Pushkin, Alexander KW - Pusjkin, Aleksandr Sergejevitsj KW - Puškin, A. S. KW - Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich KW - Literature. KW - Russian literature. KW - History and criticism KW - Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, KW - 1800-1899. KW - Russia (Federation) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78645516 AB - Acts of Logos examines the 19th-century foundations of St. Petersburg's famous literary heritage, with a focus on the unifying principle of material animation. Ever since Pushkin's 1833 poem The Bronze Horseman, the city has provided a literary space in which inanimate things (noses, playing cards, overcoats) spring to life. Scollins's book addresses this issue of animacy by analyzing the powerful function of language in the city's literature, from its mythic origins-in which the tsar Peter appears as a God-like creator, calling his city forth from nothing-to the earliest texts of its literary tradition, when poets took up the pen to commit their own acts of verbal creation. Her interpretations shed new light on the canonical works of Pushkin and Gogol, exposing the performative and subversive possibilities of the poetic word in the Petersburg tradition, and revealing an emerging literary culture capable of challenging the official narratives of the state. ER -