num_pages: 101
description: A collection of interpretive essays on the writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky along with a biographical sketch and an introduction by Harold Bloom. Discusses the plots, characters, and themes of the novelist's most important works.This volume is designed to present biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on author Fyodor Dostoevsky's best-known or most important works. Following Harold Bloom's editor's note and introduction is a detailed biography of the author, discussing major life events and important literary accomplishments. A plot summary of each novel follows, tracing significant themes, patterns, and motifs in the work.A selection of critical extracts, derived from previously published material from leading critics, analyzes aspects of each work. The extracts consist of statements from the author, if available, early reviews of the work, and later evaluations up to the present. A bibliography of the author's writings (including a complete list of all works written, co-written, edited, and translated), a list of additional books and articles on the author and his or her work, and an index of themes and ideas in the author's writings conclude the volume.Contents:---------------------Biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky --Plot summary of Crime and punishment --List of characters in Crime and punishment --Critical views on Crime and punishment. George Gibian on symbolism and the epilogue. Edward Wasiolek on the plot. W.D. Snodgrass on the women and the mare. Pierre R. Hart on the narrator. W. Woodin Rowe on antinomy. Mikhail Bakhtin on carnival. W.J. Leatherbarrow on Porfiry. A.D. Nuttall on Svidrigailov --Plot summary of The idiot --List of characters in The idiot --Critical views on The idiot. F.F. Seeley on Nastasya. Roger L. Cox on execution, epilepsy, and apocalypse. Michael Holquist on teleology. Elizabeth Dalton on Dostoevsky and the unconscious. Dennis Patrick Slattery on Myshkin's guilt --Plot summary of Demons (The possessed) --List of characters in Demons (The possessed) --Critical views on Demons (The possessed). Philip Rahv on Russia's demons. Vyacheslav Ivanov on Marya. Joseph Frank on Stavrogin. John Jones on "At Tikhon's." N.N. Shneidman on suicide and freedom. René Girard on Myshkin, Stavrogin, and the underground --Plot summary of The brothers Karamazov --List of characters in The brothers Karamazov --Critical views on The brothers Karamazov. R.P. Blackmur on guilt. Robert L. Belknap on the narrative. Richard Peace on Dmitri's punishment. Malcolm V. Jones on The grand inquisitor. Robert Louis Jackson on Ivan's rebellion. Valentina A. Vetlovskaya on Alyosha. Roger B. Anderson on Zosima and Karamazov --Works by Fyodor Dostoevsky --Works about Fyodor Dostoevsky
language: English
title: Fyodor Dostoevsky
titlecomplete: Fyodor Dostoevsky
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Chelsea House Publishers