| Description |
xvii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-229) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Conversion, message, medium, transformation : Dostoevsky and the peasants -- 2. Guilt, repentance, and the pursuit of art in The house of the dead -- 3. Crime and punishment in the classroom : the elephant in the garden -- 4. The gospel according to Dostoevsky : paradox, plot, and parable -- 5. Transformations, exposures, and intimations of Rousseau in The possessed -- 6. Unsealing the generic envelope and deciphering "The dream of a ridiculous man" -- 7. Evocations and revocations of anxiety in the metaphysical novel : reading The brothers Karamazov through the lens of Melmoth the Wanderer -- 8. Perilous journeys to conversion : adventures in time and space -- Concluding fragments : some last words -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Themes, motives.
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| ISBN |
9780300120158 cloth alkaline paper |
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030012015X cloth alkaline paper |
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