Fyodor Dostoevsky - A Very Short Introduction

This book shows why it is that Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, religion, and philosophy through an incisive analysis of Dostoevsky's stories within the context of their time.

List of contents

• Preface


• List of illustrations


• Note on translation, citation, dates


• 1: Dostoevsky's dramatic life and writing: Notes from the Dead House and The Diary of a Writer


• 2: Duality and doubles: The Double


• 3: Freedom and polyphony: Notes from Underground


• 4: Space, social justice, and scandal: Crime and Punishment


• 5: Aesthetics and ethics: The Idiot and Demons


• 6: Eternal questions: The Brothers Karamazov


• Chronology


• References


• Further reading


• Index

About the author

Deborah Martinsen, a distinguished scholar and teacher of Slavic literature at Columbia University, specialized in Dostoevsky. She wrote and edited groundbreaking books and articles on narrative theory and on Dostoevsky's works, including Dostoevsky in Context, Surprised by Shame, Literary Journals in Imperial Russia, and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": A Reader's Guide. She served as President of the International Dostoevsky Society.

Summary

This book shows why it is that Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, religion, and philosophy through an incisive analysis of Dostoevsky's stories within the context of their time.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Martinsen, Deborah (Associate Dean of Alumni Educa Martinsen, Prof Deborah (Associate Dean of Alumni Martinsen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198864332
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886433-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Russian, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form