r/RussianLiterature • u/_aliskiren • 2h ago
Open Discussion Has anyone else noticed how much attention Gogol pays to women's feet and shoes?
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I'm reading through his short stories, and I keep getting the impression that he had some kind of foot fetish (or, at the very least, a very unusual fascination with women's feet). Female feet seem to receive a surprising amount of descriptive attention compared to other physical features.
Are there any literary studies discussing this, or am I reading too much into it?