Martinsen Dostoevsky’s "Crime and Punishment"

A Reader’s Guide
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64469-786-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 134 Seiten

Reihe: Cultural Syllabus

A chapter-by-chapter guide to Dostoevsky’s most popular novel that reveals how Crime and Punishment works. Narrative strategy, why the novel is not a whodunit but whydunit, and clear explanations of the novel’s ideological debates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martinsen, Deborah A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Ostslawische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Historical Introduction2. Overview3. Parts One and Two: Getting Away with Murder4. Parts Three to Five: In and Out of Raskolnikov’s Mind5. Part Six: Last Meetings and EpilogueAppendix 1: Illustrations and MapsAppendix 2: Crime and Punishment ChronologyAppendix 3: Contemporary Critical ReactionsAppendix 4: Chronology of Dostoevsky’s Life Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Martinsen Deborah A.:
Deborah A. Martinsen was Associate Dean of Alumni Education and Adjunct Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and former executive secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society, Martinsen is the author of "Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky’s Liars and Narrative Exposure" (Ohio, 2003) and co-editor of "Dostoevsky in Context" (Oxford, 2015).Deborah A. Martinsen was Associate Dean of Alumni Education and Adjunct Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and former executive secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society, Martinsen is the author of Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky’s Liars and Narrative Exposure (Ohio, 2003) and co-editor of Dostoevsky in Context (Oxford, 2015).