Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
$74.39
- Paperback
132 pages
- Release Date
26 November 1992
Summary
The Brothers Karamazov, completed in November 1880 just two months before Dostoyevsky’s death, displays both his mastery as a storyteller and his significance as a thinker. In this volume, Dr. Leatherbarrow shows that far from being merely a philosophical religious tract, The Brothers Karamazov is an enjoyable and accessible novel. He discusses its major themes, including atheism and belief, the nature of man, socialism and individualism, and the state of European civilization, focusing parti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521386012 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0521386012 |
| Author: | William J. Leatherbarrow |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 132 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 1992 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Landmarks of World Literature |
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“Leatherbarrow’s synthesis of past critical achievement judiciously discriminates between factual commentary and interpretation, as well as between interpretation supported by evidence of Dostoevsky’s documented or manifest intent, and interpretation generated by a critic’s philosophy or idiosyncratic response to the text…Leatherbarrow’s book will be a valuable teaching aid, but it is also a work well worth the literary scholar’s time.” Victor Terras, Slavic Review
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William J. Leatherbarrow
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