


Paperback
Published: 1st November 2004
ISBN: 9780451529558
Number Of Pages: 256
For Ages: 18+ years old
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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ISBN: 9780451529558
ISBN-10: 0451529553
Audience:
General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 1st November 2004
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 17.3 x 10.8
x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.13
Edition Number: 1