Aizlewood, R. (2007) Leskov's Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda: composition and symbolic framework. Slavonic and East European Review , 85 (3) 401-440(40).
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Abstract
This article examines the distinctive Leskovian composition of recurrent, linking and overlapping detail and motifs — and the density and open-ended character of the meanings they generate — in his classic story Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, 1865). The analysis begins by showing motif in a metapoetic function and then considers at length the three main overarching and archetypal motifs — water, life and death; the house and imprisonment; the garden and sensuality; it concludes by moving to a consideration of the architectonics of the text's composition, its key themes and symbolic framework. Study of this aspect of his poetics has a key role to play in Leskov studies; at the same time it contributes to the conceptualization of his characteristic heterogeneity and to an understanding of his overall worldview.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Leskov's Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda: composition and symbolic framework |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mhra/see/2007/00000085/00000003/art00001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Published by Maney |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > SSEES (School of Slavonic and East European Studies) |
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