Retelling Dostoyevsky

Retelling Dostoyevsky

Author: Gary Adelman

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780838754733

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It identifies motives particular to each novelist for his creative reuse of Dostoyevsky, and explores theoretic approaches to the problem of influence through Mikhail Bakhtin and Harold Bloom."--Jacket.


Culture and Cruelty in Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud

Culture and Cruelty in Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud

Author: Max Statkiewicz

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1793603936

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Questioning the Enlightenment in Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, and Artaud challenges the cultural optimism of the Enlighten through an examination of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud. The Enlightenment was characterized, as Arnold put it, as “sweetness and light”. Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud each pushed back against the optimism of the enlightenment through their writing and advanced the idea of cruelty as lying at the root of all human nature and culture. In this study, Statkiewicz explores the seemingly opposing notions of culture and cruelty within the works of these authors to discuss their complex relationship with one another.


Conversations with Dostoevsky

Conversations with Dostoevsky

Author: GEORGE. PATTISON

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-03-14

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0198881541

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Conversations with Dostoevsky presents a series of fictional conversations between George Pattison and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. The conversations deal with a range of topics including suicide, guilt, the Bible, nationalism, war, and God. The volume also includes commentaries which contextualize the issues discussed in the conversations.


Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky

Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky

Author: Alexander Burry

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2011-01-17

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0810127156

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2001.


The Making of a Counter-culture Icon

The Making of a Counter-culture Icon

Author: Maria R. Bloshteyn

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0802092284

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At first glance, the works of Fedor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) do not appear to have much in common with those of the controversial American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980). However, the influencer of Dostoevsky on Miller was, in fact, enormous and shaped the latter's view of the world, of literature, and of his own writing. The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon examines the obsession that Miller and his contemporaries, the so-called Villa Seurat circle, had with Dostoevsky, and the impact that this obsession had on their own work. Renowned for his psychological treatment of characters, Dostoevsky became a model for Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and Anais Nin, interested as they were in developing a new kind of writing that would move beyond staid literary conventions. Maria Bloshteyn argues that, as Dostoevsky was concerned with representing the individual's perception of the self and the world, he became an archetype for Miller and the other members of the Villa Seurat circle, writers who were interested in precise psychological characterizations as well as intriguing narratives. Tracing the cross-cultural appropriation and (mis)interpretation of Dostoevsky's methods and philosophies by Miller, Durrell, and Nin, The Making of a Counter-Culture Icon gives invaluable insight into the early careers of the Villa Seurat writers and testifies to Dostoevsky's influence on twentieth-century literature.


New Perspectives on International Comparative Literature

New Perspectives on International Comparative Literature

Author: Shunqing Cao

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2022-07-25

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1527587177

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Bringing together 17 articles by renowned scholars from around the globe, this volume offers a multi-dimensional view of comparative and world literature. Drawing on the scope of these scholars’ collective intellects and insights, it connects disparate research contexts to illuminate the multi-dimensional views of related areas as we step into the third decade of the 21st century. The book will be of particular interest to scholars working in comparative literary and cultural studies and to readers interested in the future of literary studies in a cross-culturized world.


A People Passing Rude

A People Passing Rude

Author: Anthony Cross

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 190925410X

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"The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century -- when Byron sent his hero Don Juan to meet Catherine the Great, and an English critic sought to come to terms with the challenge of Pushkin -- to a series of Russian-themed exhibitions at venues including the Crystal Palace and Earls Court. The collection looks at British encounters with Russian music, the absorption with Dostoevskii and Chekhov, and finishes by shedding light on Britain's engagement with Soviet film."--Back cover.


Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky

Author: Judith Gunn

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1445658488

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An intriguing study of the life and works of one of the world's most celebrated writers


Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos

Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos

Author: Jeremy Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-07-28

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1317209087

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First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos, the work explains why novels with a single definite commitment tend to be implausible and lacking in aesthetic unity. This book will be of interest to those studying religion in 19th Century literature.


Undaunted by Blindness, 2nd Edition

Undaunted by Blindness, 2nd Edition

Author: Clifford E. Olstrom

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0982272197

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The purpose of this book is to provide concise biographical information about 400 notable blind persons. The people in this volume are but a small sample of many thousands of notable blind persons in history. Most of the information about their lives comes from secondary sources. Where feasible, some of the subject's own words were used.