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More on Gogol's Overcoat...
As promised in yesterday’s class (Tuesda, 11 December), some more information on Gogol: Simon Karlinsky’s book , postulating that Gogol was a represssed homosexual, is: The Sexual Labyrint… more →
19th-Century Russian Culture
More on Gogol's Overcoat...
justindoherty wrote 5 days ago: As promised in yesterday’s class (Tuesda, 11 December), some more information on Gogol: Simon … more →
Pre-Revolutionary Colour Photos
joshua walker wrote 2 weeks ago: Newsweek recently published a fantastic slide show of pre-revolutionary photos from the Russian coun … more →
Gogol' criticism
justindoherty wrote 2 weeks ago: As promised in class today, the source of several useful and interesting essays on Gogol’ and … more →
More on Chatman
joshua walker wrote 3 weeks ago: In today’s 19th century class, we discussed a possible reading of Lermontov’s HoT accord … more →
Physiognomy: Fighting on in the 20th Century
joshua walker wrote 3 weeks ago: In one of last week’s classes, we discussed the 19th-century psuedo science known as physiogno … more →
Last year's Lermontov posts
joshua walker wrote 4 weeks ago: If anyone is interested in going deeper into the topic of Lermontov and the Caucusus, … more →
Free Chekhov podcasts
joshua walker wrote 4 weeks ago: If you like Chekhov, I have great news for you. At this site here, you can listen to and download f … more →
Who was Lord Byron?
joshua walker wrote 1 month ago: Today in class we were discussing Lord Byron and the impact of his work upon Lermontov’s HoT. … more →
Apropos of Lermontov
joshua walker wrote 1 month ago: As you may have realised while reading A Hero of our Time, most of the action in the first section t … more →
on the calque
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joshua walker wrote 9 months ago: I received an email from Len today asking me to clarify the meaning of the “calque” that … more →
reading for tuesday
joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: Here’s the reading for th next class, from Part I Chapter IV : - Эй вы, Свидригайлов! Вам чего … more →
сенная площадь ~ 1830
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joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: not quite what one has in mind when one reads C&P I think … … more →
Dostoevsky in the 29th Century
joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: Here is an excellent piece on the relevance and influence of Dostoevsky upon 29th century writers an … more →
Chaikovskii in Dublin
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joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: Sarah wanted me to pass this on – looks interesting - To whom it may concern, This March, Oper … more →
Достоевский и Петербург - Reading for Tuesday
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joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: By way of introducing our Russian reading for Tuesday, I thought it apt to mention that all the stre … more →
Free Russian Audio Books
joshua walker wrote 10 months ago: I stumbled upon a great site today: a collection of free Russian audio books, including Goncharov … more →
Lyadov folk song settings
justindoherty wrote 11 months ago: Lyadov’s arrangements for orchestra of Russian folk songs … more →
'Night on a Bare Mountain'
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justindoherty wrote 11 months ago: Mussorgsky’s amazing evocation of a witches’ sabbath, ‘Ночь на Лысом горе’ … more →
Balakirev overture
justindoherty wrote 11 months ago: Balakirev’s ‘Overture on 3 Russian Themes’ - not what we heard in class (that was … more →
