A Karamazov Companion: Commentary on the Genesis, Language and Style of Dostoevsky's Novel (eng)

Terras, Victor

ISBN 10: 0299083144 / ISBN 13: 9780299083144

Published by MP–WIS Uni of Wisconsin, 2002

Seller Inventory # 437e2b2fffd255c41170dba0ea786ebf

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.

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Karamazov Companion: Commentary on the ...
Publisher: MP?WIS Uni of Wisconsin
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: new