A Missed Trace of Antiquity in Oblomov’s Dream (Goncharov and Virgil)

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The article reveals the literary source of one rhetorical device in the chapter Oblomov’s Dream from the novel Oblomov by I. A. Goncharov. This is the poem Georgics by Publius Virgil Maron, or rather, one of its most famous fragments: well known as Praise of Italy (Laus Italiae). In addition, it is hypothesized, that when describing Oblomovka, Goncharov parodied ancient rhetorical manuals, which developed rules for describing countries and localities («laudatio locorum»).

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Aleksei Yu. Balakin

Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

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