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1. Dostoevsky: A Life in Letters This article looks at the life of the great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky through the lens of the letters he wrote to his friends and family. The article examines his views on life, love, faith and politics, and how he was influenced by his own experiences. It also looks at how his work has been received by readers over the years. 2. The Art of Dostoevsky This article examines the literary style of Dostoevsky, and how his works have been interpreted by readers. It looks at his use of characters, plot, and language to make his novels powerful and engaging. It also explores his themes of morality, suffering, redemption and justice. 3. The Politics of Dostoevsky This article looks at how Dostoevsky's works deal with political themes and ideas. It examines how he portrayed Russia's tsarist rule, and how his works reflect his own views on social justice and freedom. It also looks at how his works have been used to promote political change in Russia and other countries over the years. 4. Video: A Biography of Fyodor Dost
Putting My Shaken House in its New Order: What 2020 Has Taught Me |
I normally compose a year-end post discussing the books I've read and how my reading, writing and thinking about literature progresses and shifts over the course of time. I contemplate my ever- evolving literary choices in light of what George Steiner writes in his essay Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: “Great works of art pass through us like…
Expanding the Definition of Horror: Shirley Jackson’s “Biography of a Story,” Aldous Huxley’s “Ape and Essence,” & Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” – Thornfield Hall
Are "Apes and Essence" and "Crime and Punishment" horror novels? The truth is I do not read horror. I do not read Stephen King, who used to be appraised as a popular writer of horror, but is now considered a great American novelist. Years ago I made it through half of King's The Shining, but…
A Superfluous Man: Turgenev’s First Novel, “Rudin” – Thornfield Hall
Is Turgenev is the most charming Russian writer of the nineteenth century? Some readers prefer Chekhov’s lyrical, well-turned stories; others are lost in Tolstoy’s brilliant, gigantic novels; and still others swear by Dostoevsky’s psychological comedies. But I return again and again to Turgenev’s deceptively simple novels: I love his exquisite descriptions of nature and his vivid…
Olga Slavnikova’s “The Man Who Couldn’t Die” – Thornfield Hall
I love the nineteenth-century Russian literary giants, Pushkin, Gogol, Goncharov, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov, who wrote exquisite, brilliant fiction and poetry despite censorship and threats of exile. I wish I could equally admire the Soviet writers, but the repressive Soviet regime clamped down too hard. If they wrote at all, they were not published, or…
Double Indemnity: Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” – Thornfield Hall
Dostoevsky has never been my favorite “Russian giant”of the 19th century. I enjoyed The Double, disliked The Gambler, and read Crime and Punishment with little enthusiasm. At 19 I wrote in my diary of Crime and Punishment: “the most depressing book I’ve ever read." This summer I am rereading Crime and Punishment, which seems to…