Superfluous men and the post-Stalin thaw

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: ALIENATION IN THE PRIOR RUSSIAN LITERARY TRADITION -- I. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: PRE-SOVIET -- II. LITERARY PRECEDENTS: SOVIET -- PART TWO: IDENTIFICATION OF THE ALIENATED HERO IN SOVIET PROSE FICTION OF THE FIRST 'THAW' DECADE -- III. SURVEY AND SELECTION -- IV. SOURCES OF THE HERO'S ALIENATION: RECURRING ARENAS OF CONFLICT AND UNDERLYING THEMES -- PART THREE: THE 'THAW' HERO AS AN OBJECT OF PRAISE AND / OR DERISION -- V. POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF CHARACTERIZATION -- PART FOUR: THE 'THAW' HERO AS BOTH THE OUTGROWTH OF A PRIOR LITERARY TRADITION AND A DISTINCTLY NEW CHARACTER CREATION -- VI. LITERARY POLITICS AND THE SOVIET 'THAW' -- VII. CONCLUDING ANALYSIS -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS, CRITICS AND TITLES OF FICTION