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Book Synopsis'Dostoevsky and the Dynamics of Religious Experience' deals with the religious dimension of the novelist’s life and fiction. The book is structured through six clearly defined and self-reliant essays that take into account past and current criticism and offers a close textual analysis on Dostoevsky's works, including 'The Double', 'Notes from Underground', 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Devils' and an in-depth study of 'The Brothers Karamazov'.
Table of ContentsAuthor's Preface; ESSAY I: Dostoevsky's Journey of Religious Discovery: A Biographical Introduction; ESSAY II: An Introduction to Current Debate; ESSAY III: Remodelling Religious Consciousness in Dostoevsky's Fiction: The Death and Resurrection of Orthodoxy; ESSAY IV: Dostoevsky's Deconstructive Anxiety; ESSAY V: Religious Polemic in Narrative Form: The Brothers Karamazov; ESSAY VI: Conclusion; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Index
