Hamlet and Don Quixote: Turgenev's Ambivalent Vision (Slavistic Printings and Reprintings, 288)

This classic research monograph develops and illustrates the theory of linguistic structure known as Cognitive Grammar, and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an integral facet of cognition and claims that grammatical structure cannot be understood or revealingly described independently of semantic considerations. Preface Introduction 1. Hamlet and Don Quixote 2. The Hero as Failure 3. Turgenev’s "Women in Love" 4. First Love, Triumphant Love and Death 5. Passion and Death 6. The Abyss of Nature 7. Pessimism 8. Fate and Fantasy 9. Dream and Reality Conclusion Bibliography Index of Titles of Turgenev’s Works Index of Names By Eva Kagan-kans. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [143]-153.