Title: Dostoevsky's secrets : reading against the grain /
Authors: Flath, Carol A.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Criticism and interpretation.
Abstract: When Fyodor Dostoevsky proclaims that he is a 'realist in a higher sense', it is because the facts are irrelevant to his truth. It is in this spirit that Apollonio approaches Dosteovsky's work, reading through the facts of his canonical novels for the deeper truth that they distort and mask.
Contents: The body and the book : Poor folk -- The spirit of St. Petersburg : White nights -- Purging bad money : The gambler -- Confession and slander in action : Crime and punishment -- The idiot's "vertical sanctuary" : the Holbein Christ and Ippolit's Confession -- The demon of doubt and the revenge of the neglected son : Demons -- On slander, idolatry, and impostors : Demons -- The mothers Karamazov.