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Wages of Evil : Dostoevsky and Punishment / Anna Schur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schur, Anna.
- Series:
- Studies in Russian literature and theory.
- Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Ethics.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.
- Punishment--Russia--History--19th century.
- Punishment.
- Punishment in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dostoevsky's views on punishment are usually examined through the prism of his Christian commitments.For some, this means an orientation toward mercy; for others, an affirmation of suffering as a path to redemption.
- Contents:
- The scaffold and the rod : Dostoevsky on the death penalty and corporal punishment
- Squaring the circle : the justice of punishment
- Forgoing punishment : Dostoevsky's third category and the case of Ekaterina Kornilova
- A mummy or a resurrected self?
- India rubber, the living soul, and the process of moral change
- Approximations of justice : the novel in the courtroom.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-6627-5
- OCLC:
- 859687347
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