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The novel in the age of disintegration : Dostoevsky and the problem of genre in the 1870s / Kate Holland.

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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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