Monsters of Russian Literature

[Inna Tigountsova]

Dear Renne

Any of Iurii Mamleev characters from his "Idlers", or many other works would qualify. Many of Petrsuhevskaia characters would, too.

It depends on how bad you like them. Dostoevsky has a fine bestiary: from his characters in 'Bobok' to  the Underground Man and some such. If vampires and perverts are your preferred choice, you may do well with Mamleev.

Inna Tigountsova
DU

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Yoffe <yoffe at GWU.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:45 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Monsters of Russian Literature

> Gogol's Vij! And other characters too. But Vij (povest') is full 
> of very detailed descriptions of most bizarre monsters including 
> Vij himself.
> MY
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Renne Holmquist <renne.holmquist at GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:23 pm
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Monsters of Russian Literature
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
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> > Dear SEELANGS,
> >  
> >  I am working on a project about monsters.  Who are the great 
> monsters 
> > of
> >  Russian Literature? Svidrigailov comes first to mind, but I 
> would be 
> > curious
> >  to know which characters catch your imagination.
> >  
> >  Sincerely,
> >  
> >  Renne Holmquist
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