num_pages: 192
description: Critical evaluation of Fyodor Dostoevsky has been marked by sharp and violently bitter extremes. René Wellek has assembled a wide spectrum of these varied critical attitudes toward the works of the great Russian tragedian of ideas. Dostoevsky's work is seen from psychoanalytical, existential, theological, and Marxist points of view. Professor Wellek's introduction sketches the history of Dostoevsky criticism and influence in all main countries--a task never before attempted.
language: English
title: Dostoevsky
publisher: Prentice Hall