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Redemption and the merchant god : Dostoevsky's economy of salvation and antisemitism / Susan McReynolds.
Van Pelt Library PG3328.Z7 R4259 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oddo, Susan McReynolds.
- Series:
- Studies in Russian literature and theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Religion.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.
- Jews in literature.
- Antisemitism in literature.
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.
- Jesus Christ.
- Crucifixion.
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Speaking with the Devil 3
- Chapter 1 "I Am Not an Expert at Lulling to Sleep": The Struggle Between Faith and Doubt in Dostoevsky's Writings 23
- Chapter 2 "He Gave His Son": The Problem of the Crucifixion as Child Sacrifice in Dostoevsky 31
- Chapter 3 Disraeli and the Merchant God: Victims and Villains, Jews and Europe 46
- Chapter 4 A Synagogue Mistaken for a Church: Dostoevsky's Demon and the Jews 58
- Chapter 5 "I Have the Heart of a Lamb": Roots of the Russian and Jewish Ideas and the Problem of the Crucifixion in Poor Folk 69
- Chapter 6 "God Sent Her to Us as a Reward for Our Sufferings": The Origins of Dostoevsky's Preoccupation with Child Sacrifice in the Dialogue Between Time and The Insulted and Injured 78
- Chapter 7 Sources of Dostoevsky's Antisemitism in Notes from the House of the Dead: The Problem of Redemption and the Resemblance of Christians and Jews 90
- Chapter 8 "I Don't Want Your Sacrifice": The Morality of the Son in Crime and Punishment 117
- Chapter 9 From Prince Christ to the Russian Christ: Problems of Resurrection in The Idiot and the Development of Dostoevsky's National Messianism 133
- Chapter 10 "This Is What I Cannot Bear": The Obliteration of Moral Distinctions Through the Crucifixion in Demons 144
- Chapter 11 "You Can Buy the Whole World": Zosima's Christian Faith and the Jewish Idea in the Diary of a Writer 157.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810124394
- 0810124394
- OCLC:
- 167764262
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