Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky

Informationen zum Autor Wil van den Bercken Klappentext This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky - 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Adolescent', 'The Devils' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Religious Interpretations of Dostoevsky; The Realism of Dostoevsky’s Fictional Christianity; Christian Themes in ‘Crime and Punishment’; Religious Discussions in ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Adolescent’; Christian Voices in ‘The Devils’; The Spirituality of the Monk Zosima in ‘The Brothers Karamazov’; The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor: Literary Irony and Theological Seriousness; Dostoevsky’s ‘Grand Inquisitor’ and Vladimir Solovyov’s ‘Antichrist’; Physical and Divine Beauty: The Aesthetical-Ethical Dilemma in Dostoevsky’s Novels; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index of Names

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• Authors: Wil van den Bercken, Wil van den Bercken
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9780857289766
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-976-6
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series; Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet