The Notebooks For The Idiot
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Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Worn but not faded - cover still in good condition.
Few works in world literature capture the turbulent interior of the human soul with the ferocity of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and The Notebooks for The Idiot lays bare the raw creative machinery behind one of his most beloved masterworks. Edited by Edward Wasiolek and translated by Katharine Strelsky, this remarkable volume presents the preparatory drafts, character sketches, and evolving plot structures that Dostoevsky wrestled with as he sought to portray the perfectly beautiful man — the epileptic, Christ-like Prince Myshkin — navigating the corrupt and passionate world of Russian high society. The notebooks illuminate the tortured genesis of a novel that Dostoevsky himself considered his most ambitious undertaking, revealing how characters shifted, motives transformed, and themes of innocence, greed, and spiritual redemption were refined through countless revisions. Wasiolek's scholarly editorial apparatus provides indispensable critical context, situating the notebooks within Dostoevsky's broader literary and philosophical project. For scholars, students, and devoted readers alike, this volume offers an unparalleled window into the mind of a genius at work — and raises the tantalising question of how close, or how far, the finished novel came to its creator's original, fevered vision.
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, University of Chicago Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Worn but not faded - cover still in good condition.
Few works in world literature capture the turbulent interior of the human soul with the ferocity of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and The Notebooks for The Idiot lays bare the raw creative machinery behind one of his most beloved masterworks. Edited by Edward Wasiolek and translated by Katharine Strelsky, this remarkable volume presents the preparatory drafts, character sketches, and evolving plot structures that Dostoevsky wrestled with as he sought to portray the perfectly beautiful man — the epileptic, Christ-like Prince Myshkin — navigating the corrupt and passionate world of Russian high society. The notebooks illuminate the tortured genesis of a novel that Dostoevsky himself considered his most ambitious undertaking, revealing how characters shifted, motives transformed, and themes of innocence, greed, and spiritual redemption were refined through countless revisions. Wasiolek's scholarly editorial apparatus provides indispensable critical context, situating the notebooks within Dostoevsky's broader literary and philosophical project. For scholars, students, and devoted readers alike, this volume offers an unparalleled window into the mind of a genius at work — and raises the tantalising question of how close, or how far, the finished novel came to its creator's original, fevered vision.