Confronting Dostoevsky's Demons : anarchism and the specter of Bakunin in twentieth-century Russia / James Goodwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodwin, James, 1962-

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature ; v. 33.

Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature ; v. 33

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1814-1876.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.

Anarchism in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.

Russia.

Intellectual life.

Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1814-1876--Influence.

Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich.

Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2010]

Language Note:

Contains passages translated from Russian to English, with some words and phrases in the original Russian.

Contents:

Introduction: Dostoevsky's Demons as polemic

"The worse, the better

": Dostoevsky's Demons and the politics of despair

Demons and the "Bakuninist" context of the Bolshevik Revolution

Leonid Grossman's art of scholarly provocation

In defense of Bakunin: Aleksei Borovoi and the anarchist conception of Demons

Viacheslav Polonsky and the Marxist struggle over Bakunin's legacy

Suppressing Demons in Stalin's Russia

Toward new confrontations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9781433108839

1433108836

OCLC:

444113703

Publisher Number:

99937294569