TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE IX
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS XI
4. INTRODUCTION XIII
5. I. THE INVENTORS OF KOZ'MA PRUTKOV 1
6. II. PRUTKOV FROM CREATION TO CANONIZATION 17
7. III. THE PLAYS: COMIC VARIETY AND PRUTKOVIAN TRADEMARKS 29
8. IV. THE PROSE: KOZ'MA PRUTKOV AND THE READER 50
9. V. THE POETRY: PARODY IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE 67
10. CONCLUSION 118
11. APPENDIX. TWENTY TRANSLATIONS FROM KOZ'MA PRUTKOV 121
12. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 139
13. INDEX 142