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Book Synopsis Confronting Dostoevsky's Demons by : James Goodwin
Download or read book Confronting Dostoevsky's Demons written by James Goodwin and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although criticized at one time for its highly tendentious spirit, Dostoevsky's Demons (1871-1872) has proven to be a novel of great polemical vitality. Originally inspired by a minor conspiratorial episode of the late 1860s, well after Dostoevsky's death (1881) the work continued to earn both acclaim and contempt for its scathing caricature of revolutionists driven by destructive, anarchic aims. The text of Demons assumed new meaning in Russian literary culture following the Bolshevik triumph of 1917, when the reestablishment and expansion of centralized state power inevitably revived interest in the radical populist tendencies of Russia's past, in particular the anarchist thought of Dostoevsky's legendary contemporary, Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876). Confronting Dostoevsky's 'Demons' is the first book to explore the life of Dostoevsky's novel in light of disputes and controversies over Bakunin's troubling legacy in Russia. Contrary to the traditional view, which assumes the obsolescence of Demons throughout much of the Communist period (1917-1991), this book demonstrates that the potential resurgence of Bakuninist thought actually encouraged reassessments of Dostoevsky's novel. By exploring the different ideas and critical strategies that motivated opposing interpretations of the novel in post-revolutionary Russia, Confronting Dostoevsky's 'Demons' reveals how the potential resurrection of Bakunin's anti-authoritarian ethos fostered the return of a politically reactionary novel to the canon of Russian classics.
Download or read book Demons written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Download or read book Demons written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals – even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky’s sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs
Download or read book Devils written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new translation also includes the chapter `Stavrogin's Confession', which was considered to be too shocking to print. In this edition it appears where the author originally intended it.
Book Synopsis Demons (The Possessed / The Devils) - The Unabridged Garnett Translation by : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Download or read book Demons (The Possessed / The Devils) - The Unabridged Garnett Translation written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Demons (The Possessed / The Devils) - The Unabridged Garnett Translation" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Demons is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Though titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons. An extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the liberal idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. The entire novel takes place in a small town outside of Petersberg and is narrated by a man named Mr. Govorov. Mr. Govorov does not witness every conversation first hand, but nonetheless the narrator describes the story as if he partook in every situation or as a chronicler, who had the events described to him. We know very little of Mr. Govorov, except that he is a close friend of Stephan Trofimovich. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky ( 1821 – 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the context of the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest and most prominent psychologists in world literature.
Download or read book The Devils written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1953 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Devils Dostoyevsky created a chilling and prophetic story of revolutionaries and nihilists plotting the overthrow of the Russian government and the downfall of the Russian church. It focuses on the complex and tormented character of Stavrogin, a desperate man whose loss of faith makes him dangerous. Believing he is beyond guilt and remorse, he commits terrible crimes, infects others with ideas he does not believe in and accepts love he does not deserve. Yet Stavrogin is only one of a small band of rebels whose hunger for a more democratic, Western system threatens the fabric of Russian society, and The Devils is a brilliant psychological analysis of a group of people possessed by a destructive passion for revolution.
Download or read book Demons written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dostoevsky loathed the Russia's new liberal reformers, particularly the group of anti-Czarist political terrorists known as Nihilists. They murdered one of their own, and that event and the ensuing trial form the nucleus of this novel.
Book Synopsis The Possessed by : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Download or read book The Possessed written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Possessed is a political and social satire, a large scale tragedy, which is considered amongst the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky. This psychological drama is Dostoevsky's criticism of the political and moral nihilism, which were prevalent in Russia in 1860s. Dostoevsky's criticises the spreading atheism and explores a loss by a Russian man of his true national identity. The author sees nihilism as a root of many deepening social problems and in his book portrays the growing suicide rate as an inevitable ultimate self-destructing end. A fictional town somewhere in province becomes a focal point of an attempted revolution and descends into chaos. Stepan Verkhovensky represents an idealistic westernised generation of 1840s, he is a mere helpless accomplice of the 'demonic' force possessing the town. His son, Pyotr, is a conspirator orchestrating the revolution, while his counterpart in the moral sphere, Nikolai Stavrogin, the protagonist, dominates the book by influencing the hearts and the minds of everyone around him.
Book Synopsis Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground by : Elizabeth A. Blake
Download or read book Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground written by Elizabeth A. Blake and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Dostoevsky’s relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake’s ambitious and learned Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground fills this glaring omission in the scholarship. Previous commentators have traced a wide-ranging hostility in Dostoevsky’s understanding of Catholicism to his Slavophilism. Blake depicts a far more nuanced picture. Her close reading demonstrates that he is repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation, and modern manifestations. Dostoevsky saw in Catholicism not just an inspirational source for the Grand Inquisitor but a political force, an ideological wellspring, a unique mode of intellectual inquiry, and a source of cultural production. Blake’s insightful textual analysis is accompanied by an equally penetrating analysis of nineteenth-century European revolutionary history, from Paris to Siberia, that undoubtedly influenced the evolution of Dostoevsky’s thought.
Author :William J. Leatherbarrow Publisher :Northwestern University Press ISBN 13 :9780810114449 Total Pages :182 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (144 download)
Book Synopsis Dostoevsky's The Devils by : William J. Leatherbarrow
Download or read book Dostoevsky's The Devils written by William J. Leatherbarrow and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most openly political of Dostoevsky's four major novels, The Devils has left literary scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure which veers back and forth between first and third person, and fascinated by the political overtones and social commentary it includes. For these reasons, The Devils often anchors courses on Dostoevsky's works. This critical companion contains essays that shed light on both the tricky literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components.
Download or read book Demons written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons is a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871-2. It is considered one of the four masterworks written by Dostoyevsky after his return from Siberian exile, along with Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Demons is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large scale tragedy. Joyce Carol Oates has described it as "Dostoevsky's most confused and violent novel, and his most satisfactorily 'tragic' work." According to Ronald Hingley, it is Dostoyevsky's "greatest onslaught on Nihilism", and "one of humanity's most impressive achievements-perhaps even its supreme achievement-in the art of prose fiction."Demons is an allegory of the potentially catastrophic consequences of the political and moral nihilism that were becoming prevalent in Russia in the 1860s. A fictional town descends into chaos as it becomes the focal point of an attempted revolution, orchestrated by master conspirator Pyotr Verkhovensky. The mysterious aristocratic figure of Nikolai Stavrogin-Verkhovensky's counterpart in the moral sphere-dominates the book, exercising an extraordinary influence over the hearts and minds of almost all the other characters. The idealistic, western-influenced generation of the 1840s, epitomized in the character of Stepan Verkhovensky (who is both Pyotr Verkhovensky's father and Nikolai Stavrogin's childhood teacher), are presented as the unconscious progenitors and helpless accomplices of the 'demonic' forces that take possession of the town.
Book Synopsis Conversations with Dostoevsky by : GEORGE. PATTISON
Download or read book Conversations with Dostoevsky written by GEORGE. PATTISON and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversations with Dostoevsky presents a series of fictional conversations between George Pattison and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. The conversations deal with a range of topics including suicide, guilt, the Bible, nationalism, war, and God. The volume also includes commentaries which contextualize the issues discussed in the conversations.
Book Synopsis The Possessed (The Devils) by : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Download or read book The Possessed (The Devils) written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Possessed, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the gripping tale of a small Russian town overtaken by political turmoil. A group of revolutionaries, led by the cunning Pyotr Verkhovensky, seeks to upend the social order with radical ideas. Amidst this chaos, the enigmatic Nikolai Stavrogin grapples with his own inner demons and moral dilemmas. As tensions rise, the town plunges into violence and disorder, revealing the dangerous consequences of extreme beliefs. This powerful novel explores themes of ideology, faith, and the human spirit, making it a timeless classic of Russian literature.
Book Synopsis The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky by : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Download or read book The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-18 with total page 3528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)" contains 6 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: Crime and Punishment The Brother's Karamazov The Idiot Notes from Underground The Gambler Demons (The Possessed / The Devil Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist and short-story writer. His writing is steeped in deep psychology and the exploration of human nature, while it also accurately depicts the Russian reality of his times. Dostoyevsky is usually regarded as one of the finest novelists who ever lived. In his time he was also renowned for his activity as a journalist. Each of Dostoevsky ́s works is famous for its psychological profundity, and, indeed, Dostoyevsky is commonly regarded as one of the greatest psychologists in the history of literature. He specialized in the analysis of pathological states of mind that lead to insanity, murder, and suicide and in the exploration of the emotions of humiliation, self-destruction, tyrannical domination, and murderous rage. These major works are also renowned as great "novels of ideas" that treat timeless and timely issues in philosophy and politics. Psychology and philosophy are closely linked in Dostoyevsky's portrayals of intellectuals, who "feel ideas" in the depths of their souls.
Book Synopsis The Possessed by : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Download or read book The Possessed written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Possessed or also called "Demons" is Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel about life in Russia at the end of the 19th century. In this highly political novel, Dostoevsky portrays the revolutionaries as demons or devils as they plot ruin and eventually turn on each other. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Book Synopsis Aporias of Translation by : Elias Schwieler
Download or read book Aporias of Translation written by Elias Schwieler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a new way for scholars in, for example, Education, Literary Studies, and Philosophy to approach texts and other phenomena through the concept and practice of translation. Its interdisciplinary perspective makes the book of value for graduate students and scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The unique take on translation as related to the notion of aporia is applied to a number of seminal and classical texts within literature, poetry, and philosophy, which gives the reader new understandings of the workings of language and what happens within and between languages, as well as within and between disciplines, when some form of interpretation or analysis is at work. Importantly, the book develops the notion of aporias of translation as a way to learn and develop our understanding of texts and phenomena, and thus functions as a pedagogical process, which helps us come to terms with the boundaries of language and academic disciplines.
Book Synopsis A Devil's Vaudeville by : William J. Leatherbarrow
Download or read book A Devil's Vaudeville written by William J. Leatherbarrow and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the 'demonic markers' that run throughout Dostoevsky's fiction, this also explores the narrative and generic implications of the way Dostoevsky inscribed the demonic in his fictional works - implications that point to a new understanding of familiar concepts in the work of this Russian master.
