4 Ambiguous Blessings: A Language of Litotes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Content ix
4. Note on Translations and Transliteration xi
5. Introduction: The Critics' Turgenev 1
6. PART I Beyond Realism
7. 1 The Ramifications of Realism 9
8. 2 The Creation of Noncommunal Ethics 39
9. PART II The Poetics of Secular Salvation
10. 3 Parameters of Protection: Limiting Spaces, Limiting Times 73
11. 4 Ambiguous Blessings: A Language of Litotes 100
12. 5 Deliverance at a Distance: Model Narrative Voices 136
13. 6 Strategies of Self-Creation: Apollonian Individuation 176
14. Conclusion: Failed Realism and Final Affirmation 213
15. Notes 221
16. Index 249