Dostoevsky and the novel / Michael Holquist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holquist, Michael, 1935- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

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

Russian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Surrey, England : Princeton University Press, 1977.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

What place do Dostoevsky's works occupy in the history of the novel? To answer this question, Michael Holquist focuses on the formal aspects of Dostoevskian narrative. The author argues that the novel is a genre that constantly seeks its own identity: we still do not know what it is, since the uniqueness of its members defines the class to which it belongs. This anomaly explains the central role of the novel for Russians, perplexed as they were in the nineteenth century by idiosyncrasies that hindered development of a coherent national identity. Michael Holquist shows that the generic impulse of the novel to explore the mysteries of individual biography met and fused in Dostoevsky's works with the national quest of the Russians for an identity of their own. The paradox of the writer's achievement consists in the degree to which his meditations on the significance of being without a past are grounded in history. Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Problem: Orphans of Time

Chapter 2. The Search for a Story: White Nights, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, and Notes from the Underground

Chapter 3. Puzzle and Mystery, the Narrative Poles of Knowing: Crime and Punishment

Chapter 4. The Gaps in Christology: The Idiot

Chapter 5. The Biography of Legion: The Possessed

Chapter 6. The Either/Or of Duels and Dreams: A Gentle Creature and Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Chapter 7. How Sons Become Fathers: The Brothers Karamazov

Afterword

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691638201

0691638209

9780691610047

0691610045

9780810107298

0810107295

9781400869510

140086951X

OCLC:

902958271