Brother Karamazov Nce2E Pa

by Dostoevsky,Fydor

• ISBN13: 9780393926330
• ISBN10: 0393926338
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-15
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, a pronunciation and explanation key for the novel's main characters, and greatly revised and expanded explanatory annotations. 'œContexts' presents a wealth of background and source materials relating to The Brothers Karamazov , to Dostoevsky's own experiences, to current events, and to observations on a changing society. Included are the correspondence of influential literary and social critic Vissarion Grigorievich Belinksy and the author's letters spanning three decades as well as a selection from Dostoevsky's Diary of a Writer in which readers may trace the origins of this novel. 'œCriticism' offers a wide range of scholarly commentary on The Brothers Karamazov from American, Russian, and European authors, eleven of them new to the Second Edition and two of them appearing in English for the first time. Contributors include Ralph Matlaw, Valentina Vetlovskaia, Seamas O'Driscoll, William Mills Todd, Vladimir Kantor, Edward Wasiolek, Nathan Rosen, Roger B. Anderson, Robin Feuer Miller, Horst-Jürgen Gerigk, Vladimir Golstein, Robert L. Belknap, Ulrich Schmid, and Gary Saul Morson. A Chronology of Dostoevsky's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.