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This collection showcases Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate. The compelling works presented here were written at distinct periods in the author's life, at decisive moments in his groping for a political philosophy and a religious answer.
"Includes: Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dreams of a Ridiculous Man, and selections from The House of the Dead."
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. vii |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. ix |
| A Brief Note on the Translation | p. xi |
| The Text of Notes from Underground | p. 1 |
| Backgrounds and Sources | p. 93 |
| Selected Letters from Fyodor Dostoevsky to Mikhail Dostoevsky (1859-64) | p. 95 |
| [Socialism and Christianity] | p. 98 |
| from Winter Notes on Summer Impressions | p. 99 |
| from Russian Nights | p. 101 |
| from "Hamlet of Shchigrovsk District" | p. 102 |
| from What Is to Be Done? | p. 104 |
| Responses | p. 123 |
| Parody | p. 125 |
| from "The Swallows" | p. 125 |
| Notes from the Overfed | p. 126 |
| Imitation/Inspiration | p. 130 |
| The Child | p. 130 |
| from The Invisible Man | p. 133 |
| from We | p. 136 |
| from "Erostratus" | p. 137 |
| Criticism | p. 139 |
| [Dostoevsky's Cruel Talent] | p. 141 |
| [Thought and Art in Notes from Underground] | p. 145 |
| [Dostoevsky and Nietzsche] | p. 148 |
| [Discourse in Dostoevsky] | p. 152 |
| Structure and Integration in Notes from the Underground | p. 162 |
| Notes on the Uses of Monologue in Artistic Prose | p. 178 |
| [Freedom in Notes from Underground] | p. 186 |
| [The Pun of Creativity; Double Determination] | p. 195 |
| The Formalistic Model: Notes from Underground | p. 201 |
| Notes from Underground | p. 213 |
| [The Symbolic Game] | p. 250 |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Chronology | p. 255 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 257 |
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Fyodor Mikhailovitch Dostoevsky was a Russian writer and essayist, notably known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.
Dostoyevsky's literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th-century existentialism, his Notes from Underground (1864), written in the embittered voice of the anonymous "underground man", was called the "best overture for existentialism ever written" by Walter Kaufmann. A prominent figure in world literature, Dostoyevsky is often acknowledged by critics as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. Freud said his book The Brothers Karamazov contained all the psychology.
ISBN: 9780451529558
ISBN-10: 0451529553
Audience:
General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 2nd November 2004
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 17.3 x 10.8
x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.14
Edition Number: 1
