num_pages: 253
description: There is still much interest in Dostoevsky and new ways to interpret his work and the range and breadth of the characters in his novels. Paris also focuses on his most widely read books and short stories so the titles alone will draw much appeal.While Paris builds off the theories of well-known scholars such as Mikhail Bakhtin, Joseph Frank, Karen Horney, and Victor Terras, he has a unique angle to this study. He explores tensions between Dostoevsky's psychological portraiture and his characters formal and thematic functions. This book illuminates the motivations and personalities of Dostoevsky's greatest characters more fully than has been done before.
language: English
title: Dostoevsky's Greatest Characters: A New Approach to "Notes from the Underground," Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov
titlecomplete: Dostoevsky's Greatest Characters: A New Approach to "Notes from the Underground," Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan