NEW ESSAYS ON DOSTOYEVSKY

by Jones, Malcolm V., and Garth M. Terry, eds

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983 ix, 252 pp. Bibliographical notes, indexes. A collection of 8 scholarly articles, plus a bibliographical survey of British scholarship, on Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii's (1821-1881) literary legacy. CONTENTS: Introduction [Malcolm V. Jones]. 1) The young Dostoyevsky: an assessment in the light of recent scholarship [Victor Terras]. 2) The causes of crime and the meaning of law: "Crime and punishment" and contemporary radical thought [Derek Offord]. 3) Across the threshold: "The idiot" as a Petersburg tale [Sidney Monas]. 4) "The Devils": the role of Stavrogin [R.M. Davison]. 5) Ivan Karamazov [F.F. Seeley]. 6) The religious dimension: vision or evasion? Zosima's discourse in "The Brothers Karamazov" [Sergei Hackel]. 7) The philosophical dimension: self and freedom [Stewart R. Sutherland]. 8) Formalist and structuralist approaches to Dostoyevsky [Christopher R. Pike]. Dostoyevsky studies in Great Britain: a bibliographical survey [Garth M. Terry]. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (stamped "withdrawn"; call number sticker on front cover, library marks and stamps on title-page; pocket, barcode, and due date slip in rear). Heavy pencil underlining and marginalia in second article (Offord's), else only occasional, minor light pencil marks in text. Moderate overall handling wear, with minor fading along spine and edges of paper-covered boards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 22 x 15 cm.

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