Preface -- Note On Citations -- Foreword -- Chapter One: Targets Of Satire -- 1. Provincial Sketches (1856-1857) -- 2. Innocent Tales (1857-1863), Satires In Prose (1859-1862) -- 3. Pompadours And Pompadouresses (1863-1874) -- 4. History Of A Town (1869-1870) -- 5. Gentlemen Of Tashkent (1869-1872) -- 6. The Diary Of A Provincial In St. Petersburg (1872) -- 7. Loyal Speeches (1872-1876) -- 8. The Golovlyovs (1875-1880) -- 9. The Sanctuary Of Monrepos (1878-1879), The Year Around (1879), Abroad (1880-1881) -- 10. In The Environment Of Moderation And Accuracy (1874-1880), Contemporary Idyll (1877-1883) -- 11. Letters To My Auntie (1881-1882), Motley Letters (1884-1886), Fairy Tales (1869-1886), Stories Of Pošexon'E (1885), Trifles Of Life (1887), The Old Time In Pošexon'E (1887-1889) -- Chapter Two: The Problem Of The Comic -- 1. Saltykov'S Fate In Literary Criticism -- 2. The Confusion Of The Concepts "Humor" And "Satire" -- 3. The Double Nature Of Laughter -- 4. Defining The Concepts "Humor", "Satire", "Wit" And "The Comic" -- 5. Methodology And Tasks Of This Study -- Chapter Three: Satirical Characterization: Non-Metaphoric Denigration -- 1. Infantilization -- 2. "Stupefication" -- 2.1. Disruptions In The Logic Of Thought And Speech -- 2.2. Disruptions In The Logic Of Behavior -- 3. Physiologization -- 3.1. Physical Appearance, Attractive And Unattractive -- 3.2. Gluttony -- 3.3. Scatological Effects -- 3.4. Intoxication -- 3.5. Sexual Pleasure -- Chapter Four: Satirical Characterization: Metaphoric Denigration -- 1. The Human Being As Animal -- 2. The Human Being As An Object -- 3. The Human Being As Doll -- 3.1. People As Dolls -- 3.2. Dolls As People -- 4. The Human Being As Plant -- Chapter Five: The Comic In Language -- 1. Plays On The Forms Of Words And Set Phrases -- 1.1. Neologisms.

1.2. The Transformation Of Set Phrases And Set Word Combinations -- 1.3. Grammatical Rupture And Macaronics -- 1.4. Repetition -- 2. Plays On The Semantics Of Words And Set Phrases -- 3. Plays On Style -- 3.1. Stylistic Dissonance -- 3.2. Stylization, Travesty, And Parody -- Chapter Six: Special Cases Of The Comic -- 1. Exaggeration And The Grotesque -- 2. Comic Names -- 3. "Apocryphal" Appearances Of Known Literary Characters -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index Of Saltykov'S Works -- Name Index -- Subject Index.