1st Edition

The Political and Social Thought of F.M. Dostoevsky

By Stephen Carter Copyright 1991
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

This study concentrates on The Devils , but also places this novel in the total context of Dostoevsky’s work. Also considered is the life and work of T.N. Granovsky, who is satirised along with Turgenev in the novel, and thus offers a useful basis on which to delineate the contours of Dostoevsky’s thought. First published in 1991, the book begins from the belief that his "genius embodies much of... Read more

Introduction  1. Dostoevsky 1821-49: Early Years, Early Works  2. Dostoevsky’s Political Baptism: The Road to the Petrashevsky Circle – and Beyond  3. The Years in the Wilderness, 1849-59  4. 1860-63: From ‘Reconciliation’ to Anti-Nihilism  5. 1864-66: ‘Underground Man’ in Adversity  6. 1867-69: The Quarrel with Turgenev and The Moral Regeneration of Russia  7. 1898-72: ‘The Devils’: An Overview  8. ‘The Devils’: Granovsky, Turgenev, Nechaev  9. 1873-81: From ‘Grazhdanin’ to Geok-Tepe  10. Conclusion.  Appendix I: Sergei Gennadevich Nechaev.  Appendix II: Timofei Nikolaevich Granovsky

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Stephen Carter