A Karamazov Companion: Commentary on the Genesis, Language, and Style of Dostoevsky's Novel - Couverture souple

Terras, Victor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0299083144 ISBN 13 : 9780299083144

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1981

Synopsis

The text of The Brothers Karamazov is removed from English-speaking readers today not only by time but also by linguistic and cultural boundaries. Victor Terras’s companion work provides readers with a richer understanding of the Dostoevsky novel as the expression of a philosophy and a work of art.

In his introduction, Terras outlines the genesis, main ideas, and structural peculiarities of the novel as well as Dostoevsky’s political, philosophical, and aesthetic stance. The detailed commentary takes the reader through the novel, clarifying aspects of Russian life, the novel’s sociopolitical background, and a number of polemic issues. Terras identifies and explains hundreds of literary and biblical quotations and allusions. He discusses symbols, recurrent images, and structural stylistic patterns, including those lost in English translation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Victor Terras is the Henry L. Goddard University Professor of Slavic Languages and Comparative Literature emeritus at Brown University. His many books include Reading Dostoevsky, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press; The Idiot: An Interpretation; and A History of Russian Literature, as well as translations of Dostoevsky's works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299083144
• ISBN 13: 9780299083144
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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• Personne responsable: non disponible