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Book SynopsisReconsidering Dostoevsky's legacy 200 years after his birth, this collection addresses how and why his novels contribute so much to what we think of as the modern condition.
Trade Review"This is an academic book, after all, aimed at Dostoevsky specialists who already know what Dostoevsky has to say and want to analyze his texts rather than expound his message — as an academic book should." -- Sheldon Goldfarb *
The Ormsby Review *
"The ten chapters of this exceptionally well curated volume converge at the intersection of genre and historical contingency to consider how Dostoevsky’s formal innovations emerged in response to the challenges of his time … The aim is not comprehensive coverage, but rather depth and originality of the readings, which come together into a thought-provoking conversation." -- Irina M. Erman, College of Charleston *
The Russian Review *
“An invaluable read for every student and teacher of Dostoevsky’s works as well as anyone interested in the poetics of the realist novel.” -- Irina Reyfman, Columbia University *
Canadian Slavonic Papers *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: Dostoevsky and the Novel in Modernity Katherine Bowers and Kate Holland 1. The Poetics of the Slap: Dostoevsky’s Disintegrating Duel Plot Kate Holland 2. Dostoevsky and the Missing Marriage Plot Anna A. Berman 3. The Greasy-Haired Pawnbroker and the Capitalist Raskrasavitsa: Dostoevsky’s Businesswomen Vadim Shneyder 4. Allegories of the Material World: Dostoevsky and Nineteenth-Century Science Melissa Frazier 5. Dostoevsky, Sechenov, and the Reflexes of the Brain: Toward a Stylistic Genealogy of Notes from Underground Alexey Vdovin 6. Deferred Senses and Distanced Spaces: Embodying the Boundaries of Dostoevsky’s Realism Sarah J. Young 7. Under the Floorboards, Over the Door: The Gothic Corpse and Writing Fear in The Idiot Katherine Bowers 8. The Improbable Poetics of Crime and Punishment Greta Matzner-Gore 9. Illegitimacies of the Novel: Characterization in The Adolescent Chloë Kitzinger 10. Sovereignty and the Novel: Dostoevsky’s Political Theology Ilya Kliger Works Cited Contributors Index
