Dostoevsky's secrets
Subtitle: reading against the grain
By: Carol Apollonio.
Series: Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory; Studies in Russian literature and theory
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780810125322
Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, -- 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The body and the book : Poor folk; title: The spirit of St. Petersburg : White nights; title: Purging bad money : The gambler; title: Confession and slander in action : Crime and punishment; title: The idiot's "vertical sanctuary" : the Holbein Christ and Ippolit's Confession; title: The demon of doubt and the revenge of the neglected son : Demons; title: On slander, idolatry, and impostors : Demons; title: The mothers Karamazov.