Dostoevsky: New Perspectives
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few figures in world literature cast as long a shadow as Fyodor Dostoevsky, and this landmark anthology — part of the prestigious Twentieth Century Views series — gathers the most penetrating critical voices of the modern era to illuminate his enduring genius. Edited by the preeminent Dostoevsky scholar Robert Louis Jackson, the collection presents a rigorous and wide-ranging reassessment of the Russian master's major works, from the tortured psychology of Crime and Punishment to the metaphysical grandeur of The Brothers Karamazov. The assembled essays argue with force and clarity that Dostoevsky's art transcends its nineteenth-century Russian origins to speak directly to the defining anxieties of modernity — alienation, free will, suffering, and the existence of God. Jackson's editorial vision unifies the volume with a coherent scholarly purpose, drawing together diverse critical methodologies into a cohesive portrait of a writer whose relevance has only deepened with time. For students, scholars, and devoted readers alike, this collection raises as many urgent questions about the human condition as Dostoevsky himself once did.
Author: Robert Louis Jackson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few figures in world literature cast as long a shadow as Fyodor Dostoevsky, and this landmark anthology — part of the prestigious Twentieth Century Views series — gathers the most penetrating critical voices of the modern era to illuminate his enduring genius. Edited by the preeminent Dostoevsky scholar Robert Louis Jackson, the collection presents a rigorous and wide-ranging reassessment of the Russian master's major works, from the tortured psychology of Crime and Punishment to the metaphysical grandeur of The Brothers Karamazov. The assembled essays argue with force and clarity that Dostoevsky's art transcends its nineteenth-century Russian origins to speak directly to the defining anxieties of modernity — alienation, free will, suffering, and the existence of God. Jackson's editorial vision unifies the volume with a coherent scholarly purpose, drawing together diverse critical methodologies into a cohesive portrait of a writer whose relevance has only deepened with time. For students, scholars, and devoted readers alike, this collection raises as many urgent questions about the human condition as Dostoevsky himself once did.