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572 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 1987
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
(Russian)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.
(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)
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July 29, 2023
El llibre és una sel.lecció de les cartes que Fyodor Dostoevsky va escriure fins Crim i càstig. Tot i que les cartes són molt prosaiques - gairebé la totalitat són per demanar diners - són molt entretingudes; reflecteixen el seu patiment ecònomic crònic i el daltabaix de cadascuna de les fites biogràfiques.
July 27, 2010
Dostoevsky is my favorite writer, and my estimation of him as a thinker, a craftsman, and a man have been enhanced by this wonderful collection of letters. They span the whole of his adult life, up to the day of his death. In an overall sense, the letters provide a clear idea of the man, of the struggles he went through simply to make ends meet, but also the difficulties he endured as a result of his harsh jail term and the deaths of several people near and dear to him.
Most importantly though, the letters offer perspective from the man on his own work, as well as on the political, social, and religious culture of the day. Dostoevsky saw himself as a man set apart, constantly crying out to his countrymen in an effort to bring them back to what he believed was their proper path. His perspective on these matters becomes clear reading these letters, a perspective that tends toward what one might call a humanistic conservatism. The later letters in particular find him reflecting on all manner of issues, often in response to readers of his (at the time) popular Diary of a Writer series. These letters in particular offer a breadth of understanding to the man, in his own voice, that make them a unique complement to a good biography on this magnificent writer.
Most importantly though, the letters offer perspective from the man on his own work, as well as on the political, social, and religious culture of the day. Dostoevsky saw himself as a man set apart, constantly crying out to his countrymen in an effort to bring them back to what he believed was their proper path. His perspective on these matters becomes clear reading these letters, a perspective that tends toward what one might call a humanistic conservatism. The later letters in particular find him reflecting on all manner of issues, often in response to readers of his (at the time) popular Diary of a Writer series. These letters in particular offer a breadth of understanding to the man, in his own voice, that make them a unique complement to a good biography on this magnificent writer.
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