The ridiculous Jew : the exploitation and transformation of a stereotype in Gogol, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky / Gary Rosenshield.

Author/creator Rosenshield, Gary
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Russian fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Jews in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.

Contents Taras Bulba : Gogol's ridiculous Jew, form and function -- Taras Bulba and the Jewish literary context : Walter Scott, Gogol, and Russian fiction -- Taras Bulba otherwise : deconstructing Gogol's Cossacks and Jews -- "The Jew" : Turgenev and the poetics of Jewish death -- Notes from the house of the dead : ridiculous Jew, existential Christian, hagiographic Muslim, and the intentional text -- Notes from the house of the dead : Dostoevsky's ridiculous Jew and the critics -- Notes from the house of the dead : the other Isay Fomich : subversion and the revenge of the stereotype -- Confronting the legacy of the stereotype : Babel, Rybakov and Jewish death.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008011824
ISBN9780804759526 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804759529 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40016000838

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PG 3098.3 .R67 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold