Redemption and the Merchant God : Dostoevsky's Economy of Salvation and Antisemitism / Susan McReynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oddo, Susan McReynolds.

Series:

Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.

Jesus Christ.

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

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Religion.

Antisemitism in literature.

Jews in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 241 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dostoevsky's Russian chauvinism and anti-Semitism have long posed problems for his readers and critics.How could the author of The Brothers Karamazov also be the source of the slurs against Jews in Diary of a Writer?And where is the celebrated Christian humanist in the nationalist outbursts of The Idiot?.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Text

List of Abbreviations of Works by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Introduction: Speaking with the Devil

Part I

"I Am Not an Expert at Lulling to Sleep": The Struggle Between Faith and Doubt in Dostoevsky's Writings

"He Gave His Son": The Problem of the Crucifixion as Child Sacrifice in Dostoevsky

Disraeli and the Merchant God: Victims and Villains, Jews and Europe

A Synagogue Mistaken for a Church: Dostoevsky's Demon and the Jews

Part II

"I Have the Heart of a Lamb": Roots of the Russian and Jewish Ideas and the Problem of the Crucifixion in Poor Folk

"God Sent Her to Us as a Reward for Our Sufferings": The Origins of Dostoevsky's Preoccupation with Child Sacrifice in the Dialogue Between Time and "The Insulted and Injured

Sources of Dostoevsky's Antisemitism in Notes from the House of the Dead: The Problem of Redemption and the Resemblance of Christians and Jews

"I Don't Want Your Sacrifice": The Morality of the Son in Crime and Punishment

From Prince Christ to the Russian Christ: Problems of Resurrection in The Idiot and the Development of Dostoevsky's National Messianism

"This Is What I Cannot Bear": The Obliteration of Moral Distinctions Through the Crucifixion in Demons

"You Can Buy the Whole World": Zosima's Christian Faith and the Jewish Idea in the Diary of a Writer

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-229) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8101-6301-2

OCLC:

794701032