Dostoevsky: The Author As Psychoanalyst
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A landmark work in psychoanalytic literary criticism, Dostoevsky: The Author as Psychoanalyst argues that Fyodor Dostoevsky's towering novels functioned as a form of self-analysis, allowing the author to work through his own profound psychological conflicts on the page. Louis Breger, a clinical psychologist and literary scholar, presents a deeply researched study that traces the autobiographical threads woven throughout masterworks such as Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot. Drawing on Dostoevsky's turbulent life — marked by epilepsy, gambling addiction, imprisonment in Siberia, and the trauma of near-execution — Breger illuminates how personal anguish was transmuted into some of the nineteenth century's most enduring fiction. The result is a compelling dual portrait of the man and his art, written with both scholarly rigour and genuine literary passion, that fundamentally reframes how readers understand Dostoevsky's creative genius.
Author: Louis Breger
Format: Paperback
Published: 1989, New York University Press
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: no dust jacket, binding appears in good condition with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work in psychoanalytic literary criticism, Dostoevsky: The Author as Psychoanalyst argues that Fyodor Dostoevsky's towering novels functioned as a form of self-analysis, allowing the author to work through his own profound psychological conflicts on the page. Louis Breger, a clinical psychologist and literary scholar, presents a deeply researched study that traces the autobiographical threads woven throughout masterworks such as Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot. Drawing on Dostoevsky's turbulent life — marked by epilepsy, gambling addiction, imprisonment in Siberia, and the trauma of near-execution — Breger illuminates how personal anguish was transmuted into some of the nineteenth century's most enduring fiction. The result is a compelling dual portrait of the man and his art, written with both scholarly rigour and genuine literary passion, that fundamentally reframes how readers understand Dostoevsky's creative genius.