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Dostoyevsky: A Beginner's Guide,9780340800331
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Dostoyevsky: A Beginner's Guide


Author(s): Miller, Rose
ISBN10:  034080033X
ISBN13:  9780340800331
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  10/1/2001
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square

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SummaryTable of Contents
Explore the range and versatility of this thought-provoking and compelling writer, focusing on his concern with writing as a means of understanding the human condition. This brief but detailed introduction gives an insight into the relationship between the writer's life and his work, an exploration of recurrent themes in his writing, an analysis of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, and an outline of some helpful critical approaches to his style.
How to Use This Book vi
Begin reading the author vi
How to approach unfamiliar or difficult texts vi
Vocabulary vii
Summary vii
Why Read Dostoyevsky Today?
1(4)
His enduring appeal
1(1)
First-hand experience
1(1)
Character drama
2(1)
Master of suspense
2(1)
Contrasting characters
3(1)
Intensity
3(1)
Insight
4(1)
Summary
4(1)
How to Approach Dostoyevsky's Work
5(5)
Start with Poor Folk
5(1)
Advantages of letters
5(1)
A particular point of view
6(1)
Self-consciousness
6(1)
Divided personality
6(1)
Gradual revelation
7(1)
Stories within stories
8(1)
Social concerns
8(1)
Summary
9(1)
Biography: A Life on the Edge
10(9)
Influence of life history
10(1)
Early life
10(1)
A sudden death
11(1)
First success
11(1)
Prison and its aftermath
11(3)
Return from exile
14(1)
Romance and roulette
14(2)
High stakes
16(1)
An emigre existence
16(1)
Recognition and achievement
17(1)
A final tribute
17(1)
Summary
18(1)
Major Works
19(21)
Crime and Punishment
19(6)
The Idiot
25(8)
The Brothers Karamazov
33(6)
Summary
39(1)
Major Themes
40(19)
The great unrest
40(4)
The search for conditions of perfection
44(7)
Victims and victors: the problem of women
51(7)
Summary
58(1)
Contemporary Critical Responses
59(7)
A false start
59(1)
Disillusionment
60(1)
His revenge
61(1)
Alternative supporters
62(1)
A new lease of life
62(1)
A controversial success
63(1)
Confirmation of success
63(1)
The Pushkin ovation
64(1)
Posthumous reputation
64(1)
Summary
65(1)
Modern Critical Approaches: Voices And Vision
66(12)
Psychoanalytic criticism
66(6)
Bakhtin and dialogic criticism
72(4)
Feminist criticism and Dostoyevsky
76(1)
A range of responses
76(1)
Summary
77(1)
Where Next?
78(5)
Many possibilities
78(1)
The Gambler
78(1)
Creative responses
79(1)
Dostoyevsky and the `absurd'
80(1)
Dostoyevsky and the cinema
80(1)
Dostoyevsky on the web
81(1)
Back to Dostoyevsky
81(1)
Summary
82(1)
Glossary 83(3)
Chronology of Major Works 86(1)
Index 87

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