Alone of the great Russian novels of the nineteenth-century, Dead
Souls has remained almost as profound a mystery to critics as it
was when it first appeared. James Woodward disputes the traditional
view of Gogol's work, contending that it is not a sprawling mass of
loosely connected episodes, details, and digressions. His close
reading of the text offers a new interpretation by tracing the
essential features of Gogol's creative method. Although Dead Souls
is a subject of lively debate in almost every respect, no Western
scholar has ever before made it the subject of book-length
analysis. James Woodward's inquiry addresses itself to many
fundamental questions: How is the theme developed? What
characterizes the writer's creative method? Does the structure of
the novel reveal an inner logic? How can the digressive narrative
style be reconciled with generally accepted standards of artistic
unity and coherence? Originally published in 1978. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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