Saltykov-Shchedrin's the Golovlyovs

by Foote, I. P.

• ISBN13: 9780810113114
• ISBN10: 0810113112
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

Summary

A critical look at the Russian gentry from the 1830s to the 1870s, M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin's novel The Golovlyovs exposes the insubstantiality of the family as one of the proclaimed bases of Russian social life. In sharp contrast to his contemporaries, including Aksakov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Goncharov, Saltykov-Shchedrin shows the gentry family, as represented by the Golovlyovs, as disintegrating, corrupted by its status and way of life. The book, the sixth in the AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature series, begins with a brief sketch of Saltykov-Shchedrin's life and literary career, then goes on to explain the novel's content and characters, including reference to contemporary events relevant to the narrative and discussion of the major points of the novel and its conclusion. An extensive bibliography includes a listing and brief assessment of the various English translations of the novel.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: SALTYKOV AND "THE GOLOVLYOVS"
II. CRITICISM	47	(96)
Russian Views: Before 1917	47	(16)
Blagonamerennye rechi g. Shchedrina	47	(2)
A. M. Skabichevskii
"Vymorochnyi" N. Shchedrina	49	(2)
V. V. Markov
Kharakteristiki sovremennykh deiatelei: M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin	51	(5)
M. [A.] Protopopov
Russkii roman i russkoe obshchestvo	56	(3)
K. Golovin
Literaturnye kharakteristiki	59	(4)
A. I. Vvedenskii
Russian Views: After 1917	63	(12)
Satira Saltykova-Shchedrina	63	(5)
A. S. Bushmin
Roman M. E. Saltykova-Shchedrina Gospoda Golovlyovy	68	(3)
K. N. Grigor'ian
Saltykov-Shchedrin	71	(4)
V. V. Prozorov
Western Views	75	(68)
Saltykov and the Russian Squire	75	(7)
Nikander Strelsky
The Hypocrite	82	(6)
V. S. Pritchett
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin: The Golovlyov Family	88	(13)
I. P. Foote
A Classic of Russian Realism: Form and Meaning in The Golovlyovs	101	(18)
Milton Ehre
Satiric Form in Saltykov's Gospoda Golovlevy	119	(17)
Karl D. Kramer
Satirical Elements in The Golovlyovs	136	(7)
I. P. Foote
III. PRIMARY SOURCES	143	(16)
Letters	143	(7)
Extracts from the Journal Text	150	(3)
Extracts from "Haven Home,"	153	(6)
IV. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	159