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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778095803321

Autore

Miller Robin Feuer <1947->

Titolo

The brothers Karamazov [[electronic resource] ] : worlds of the novel / / Robin Feuer Miller ; with a new preface

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Conn. ; ; London, : Yale University Press, 2008

ISBN

9786612352126

1-282-35212-1

0-300-15172-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

891.733

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Yale Edition -- Note on the References and Acknowledgments -- Chronology: Fyodor Dostoevsky's Life and Work -- 1. Historical Context -- 2. The Importance of The Brothers Karamazov -- 3. Critical Reception -- 4. Of Prefaces, Preludes, and Parodies Part I: Books I, II, and III -- 5. The Deep Heart's Core Part II: Books IV, V, and VI -- 6. The Plot Quickens Part III: Books VII, VIII, and IX -- 7. Varieties of Guilty Experience Part IV: Books X, XI, XI, and the Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fyodor Dostoevsky completed his final novel- The Brothers Karamazov-in 1880. A work of universal appeal and significance, his exploration of good and evil immediately gained an international readership and today "remains harrowingly alive in the face of our present day worries, paradoxes, and joys," observes Dostoevsky scholar Robin Feuer Miller. In this engaging and original book, she guides us through the complexities of Dostoevsky's masterpiece, offering keen insights and a celebration of the author's unparalleled powers of imagination. Miller's critical companion to The Brothers Karamazov explores the novel's structure, themes, characters, and artistic strategies while illuminating its myriad philosophical and narrative riddles. She discusses the historical significance of the book and its initial reception, and in a new preface discusses the latest scholarship



on Dostoevsky and the novel that crowned his career.