The Ridiculous Jew: the Exploitation and Transformation of a Stereotype in Gogol, Turgenev and Dostoevsky

✍ Scribed by Rosenshield, Gary;

• Book ID: 100227713
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Year: 2011;2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0804769850

✦ Synopsis

Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and the Ridiculous Jew: A Study in the Exploitation and Transformation of the Jewish Stereotype is a study devoted to exploring the dynamic use of a Russian version of the Jewish stereotype (the ridiculous Jew) in the works of three of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE -- Gogol; CHAPTER 1 -- Taras Bulba; TARAS BULBA AS MYTHIC EPIC; THE COSSACK IDEAL; THE WAY OF NEGATION: WOMEN; THE OTHER OTHER: THE JEW; THE JEW AND MONEY; THE JEW AS TRADER; THE JEW AND COMRADESHIP (TOVARISHCHESTVO); JEWISH SPACE, COSSACK SPACE; THE JEW AS ALIEN; THE JEWISH BODY; JEWISH DEATH; CHAPTER 2 -- Taras Bulba and the Jewish Literary Context; THE LITERARY CONTEXT: RUSSIAN LITERATURE, BULGARIN, GOGOL, AND THE JEW; CHAPTER 3 -- Taras Bulba Otherwise; THE COSSACKS DIMINISHED.