The Cambridge Companion to DostoevskiiW. J. Leatherbarrow, Leatherbarrow W. J. Key dimensions of Dostoevskii's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Contributors examines topics such as Dostoevskii's relation to folk literature, money, religion, the family and science. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Dostoevskii and the Russian folk heritage | 21 |
Dostoevskii and literature works of the 1840s | 47 |
Dostoevskii as a professional writer | 66 |
Dostoevskii and money | 93 |
Dostoevskii and the intelligentsia | 111 |
Dostoevskii and psychology | 131 |
Dostoevskii and religion | 148 |
Dostoevskii and the family | 175 |
Dostoevskii and science | 191 |
Conclusion reading Dostoevskii | 212 |
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| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevskii Cambridge Companions to Literature Cambridge companions to The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevskii, William J. Leatherbarrow |
| Editors | W. J. Leatherbarrow, Leatherbarrow W. J. |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0521654734, 9780521654739 |
| Length | 244 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Reference Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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