1. Ethos and Epic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Brief Contents vii
3. Detailed Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Foreword xv
6. Introduction: Of Beauty, Truth, and Evil 1
7. Part One: Chichikov’s Prehistory
8. 1. Ethos and Epic 23
9. 2. The Ground Plan of Dead Souls 33
10. 3. The Ground Plan of Dead Souls Revisited 97
11. Part Two: Chichikov’s Crime
12. 4. On Truth and Lies in a Moral Sense 103
13. 5. The Five Faces of Lying 121
14. 6. In the Shadow Realm of Lies 171
15. Part Three: Chichikov’s Punishment
16. 7. Judgment and Rumor 176
17. 8. The Five Acts of the Drama 227
18. 9. Ethos and Epic: Chichikov’s Crime and Punishment 232
19. List of Sources for Illustrations 239
20. Bibliography 241
21. Index 261