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The novel in the age of disintegration : Dostoevsky and the problem of genre in the 1870s / Kate Holland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holland, Kate, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Russian literature and theory.
- Studies in Russian literature and theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.
- Social change in literature.
- Russia--Social conditions--1801-1917.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scholars have long been fascinated by the creative struggles with genre manifested throughout Dostoevsky's career.In The Novel in the Age of Disintegration , Kate Holland brings historical context to bear, showing that Dostoevsky wanted to use the form of the novel as a means of depicting disintegration brought on by various crises in Russian.
- Contents:
- From time to demons: genre, history, and modernization, 1861-1871
- Dostoevsky as editor: conflicting visions of Russian modernity in the citizen
- Readings
- The adolescent: remaking the noble family novel
- Between Babel and a new word: a writer's diary as monojournal
- The novel and legend: religious narrative in The brothers Karamazov.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-6723-9
- OCLC:
- 867740497
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