Two thoughts with but a single mind : Crime and Punishment and the writing of fiction
Subtitle: Crime and Punishment and the writing of fiction
Publisher: Cassandrine Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Pasadena, California, USA
Format: E-book  (Open Access)
ISBN-13: 9780991170203
Table of contents: label: Introduction :
title: Historical background of the novel: where Dostoevsky’s mind was in 1865. Synopsis of the plot; label: 1.
title: In Author’s Purgatory, or, Old Wine in New Bottles : Dostoevsky’s problem of how to write a novel about the workings of one person’s mind, while maintaining the cognitive principles of contrast and coherence basic to literary composition; label: 2.
title: Two Thoughts with but a Single Mind : Literary problems of and Dostoevsky’s handling of allegory and metaphor; his choice to split both Raskolnikov and the story; label: 3.
title: It was a Dark and Stormy Night : The literary construction of symbols and symbolism, and how Dostoevsky applied this technique to Crime and Punishment; label: 4.
title: The Poof! Perplex : Handling Raskolnikov’s divided mind; reification as a technique to show Raskolnikov’s possible choices; label: 5.
title: Laughing Yourself Purple, or, The Whore of Babylon : Razumikhin; the allegorical names, and why the characters keep saying they are “related” to each other; Porfirii and symbolic colors; label: 6.
title: The Battle of the Gods and the Giants : Luzhin, the rational egoist; his real fight with Sonia/Sophia over Raskolnikov; the metaphor of Lebeziatnikov’s miraculously improved eyesight; label: 7.
title: The Hungry She-Wolf : Dostoevsky’s Russian mysticism; the healthy vs. unhealthy in Raskolnikov; label: 8.
title: When Sonia’s Not at Home : Svidrigailov, the sensual egoist and liar; his neighbor Sonia’s part in Raskolnikov’s epiphany—more tenets of mysticism; label: 9.
title: The Ghost of Topers Future : 30 pieces of silver; Marmeladov’s function; how the metaphorical events (not the “real” ones) dictate the time-line; label: 10.
title: Yet Here’s a Spot : Katerina Ivanovna; Dostoevsky’s symbolic use of housing; label: 11.
title: Renovations in the House of Mirrors : Mikolka and the symbols of repainting: changing motives for the murder; Mikolka and Gogol; label: 12.
title: Hellfire in Arcadia : Pan, the Devil, and Svidrigailov; label: 13.
title: Lord of the Flies : Svidrigailov’s battle with Dunia; defeat at Adrianople; label: Epilogue:
title: Seeing Double : More insights into Dostoevsky’s use of contrast and coherence, reification, and metaphor; the actual organization of the novel; fire and other motifs; Aliona and Lizaveta