Androgynous plot in the oeuvre of Z.N. Gippius and its reflection in the novel by V.V. Nabokov "The gift"

Abstract

This article considers androgynous plot in fictional prose of Z.N. Gippius, exemplified with the short novel “The mirrors” (1896) and the novel “Roman-tzarevitch” (1913), within the frameworks of studying of creative life model of this prominent representative of Russian Silver Age. Androgynous plot as an creative life allusion by Z.N. Gippius created the base for so-called “History if Yasha Chernyshevskiy” , which from hearsay is retold by the main character of V.V. Nabokov’s novel “The Gift” F.K.Godunov-Cherdyntsev. This text vividly expresses author’s polemical attitude to Z.N. Gippius’ creative