Valeria Sobol
Biographic Data
| ID | 1048921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valeria Sobol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valeria |
| FAMILY NAME | Sobol |
| SIGNATURE | SOBOL V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Febris Erotica
Dmytro Shtohryn (1923-2019)
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Tis Eighty Years Since
This article explores the ideological implications of the Gothic mode in Panteleimon Kulish's first novel Mikhailo Charnyshenko, or Little Russia Eighty Years Ago (1843). I show that the multiple Gothic tropes employed in the novel-from Walter Scottian ruins and towers to exotic demonic villains, uncanny ethnic Others, and supernatural phantoms-produce an intricate play of temporalities, identities, and allegiances that ultimately create a highly…
Andrii Danylenko. From the Bible to Shakespeare
Review of Andrii Danylenko. From the Bible to Shakespeare: Pantelejmon Kuliš (1819–1897) and the Formation of Literary Ukrainian. Academic Studies Press, 2016. Ukrainian Studies, edited by Vitaly Chernetsky. xxiv, 450 pp. Bibliography. Indexes. $89.00, cloth
Introduction
The Uncanny Frontier of Russian Identity
Febris Erotica
The destructive power of obsessive love was a defining subject of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature. In Febris Erotica, Sobol argues that Russian writers were deeply preoccupied with the nature of romantic relationships and were persistent in their use of lovesickness not simply as a traditional theme but as a way to address pressing philosophical, ethical, and ideological concerns through a recognizable literary trope. Sobol …
Febris Erotica
This article explores Aleksandr Herzen's use of the lovesickness topos in his novelKto vinovat?(1847) in the context of the long literary and medical traditions of lovesickness and the specifically Russian situation of the 1840s. Valeria Sobol argues that Herzen was among the first Russian writers to exploit the semiotics and diagnostics of lovesickness in order to address the questions of human spirituality and the status of scientific knowledge…
Yes, We Are Scythians
Nerves, Brain, or Heart? The Physiology of Emotions and the Mind-Body Problem in Russian Sentimentalism
L Nikolai Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler (1791-95), the narrator jokingly reports a case of love malady (liubovnaia bolezn') he had observed. His travel companion and friend, the young Danish Doctor B* [Bekker], during their stay in a Swiss inn, became infatuated with a beautiful from Yverdon. The lady left the inn the morning following the contraction of the ailment, and the young Dane, the narrator comments, was immediately cured.' Th…
Yes, We Are Scythians
Nerves, Brain, or Heart? The Physiology of Emotions and the Mind-Body Problem in Russian Sentimentalism
L Nikolai Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler (1791-95), the narrator jokingly reports a case of love malady (liubovnaia bolezn') he had observed. His travel companion and friend, the young Danish Doctor B* [Bekker], during their stay in a Swiss inn, became infatuated with a beautiful from Yverdon. The lady left the inn the morning following the contraction of the ailment, and the young Dane, the narrator comments, was immediately cured.' Th…
Febris Erotica
This article explores Aleksandr Herzen's use of the lovesickness topos in his novelKto vinovat?(1847) in the context of the long literary and medical traditions of lovesickness and the specifically Russian situation of the 1840s. Valeria Sobol argues that Herzen was among the first Russian writers to exploit the semiotics and diagnostics of lovesickness in order to address the questions of human spirituality and the status of scientific knowledge…
Febris Erotica
The destructive power of obsessive love was a defining subject of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature. In Febris Erotica, Sobol argues that Russian writers were deeply preoccupied with the nature of romantic relationships and were persistent in their use of lovesickness not simply as a traditional theme but as a way to address pressing philosophical, ethical, and ideological concerns through a recognizable literary trope. Sobol …
The Uncanny Frontier of Russian Identity
Andrii Danylenko. From the Bible to Shakespeare
Review of Andrii Danylenko. From the Bible to Shakespeare: Pantelejmon Kuliš (1819–1897) and the Formation of Literary Ukrainian. Academic Studies Press, 2016. Ukrainian Studies, edited by Vitaly Chernetsky. xxiv, 450 pp. Bibliography. Indexes. $89.00, cloth
Introduction
Dmytro Shtohryn (1923-2019)
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Tis Eighty Years Since
This article explores the ideological implications of the Gothic mode in Panteleimon Kulish's first novel Mikhailo Charnyshenko, or Little Russia Eighty Years Ago (1843). I show that the multiple Gothic tropes employed in the novel-from Walter Scottian ruins and towers to exotic demonic villains, uncanny ethnic Others, and supernatural phantoms-produce an intricate play of temporalities, identities, and allegiances that ultimately create a highly…
Febris Erotica
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