Confronting Dostoevskys Demons
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| Author | : James Goodwin |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Anarchism in literature |
| ISBN | : 9781433108839 |
Although criticized at one time for its highly tendentious spirit, Dostoevsky's Demons (1871-1872) has proven to be a novel of great polemical vitality. Originally inspired by a minor conspiratorial episode of the late 1860s, well after Dostoevsky's death (1881) the work continued to earn both acclaim and contempt for its scathing caricature of revolutionists driven by destructive, anarchic aims. The text of Demons assumed new meaning in Russian literary culture following the Bolshevik triumph of 1917, when the reestablishment and expansion of centralized state power inevitably revived interest in the radical populist tendencies of Russia's past, in particular the anarchist thought of Dostoevsky's legendary contemporary, Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876). Confronting Dostoevsky's 'Demons' is the first book to explore the life of Dostoevsky's novel in light of disputes and controversies over Bakunin's troubling legacy in Russia. Contrary to the traditional view, which assumes the obsolescence of Demons throughout much of the Communist period (1917-1991), this book demonstrates that the potential resurgence of Bakuninist thought actually encouraged reassessments of Dostoevsky's novel. By exploring the different ideas and critical strategies that motivated opposing interpretations of the novel in post-revolutionary Russia, Confronting Dostoevsky's 'Demons' reveals how the potential resurrection of Bakunin's anti-authoritarian ethos fostered the return of a politically reactionary novel to the canon of Russian classics.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 769 |
| Release | : 2010-05-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307434869 |
Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
| Total Pages | : 705 |
| Release | : 2017-10-18 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0486817385 |
A self-styled revolutionary and his followers plot to overthrow the Tsar and seize control of the government in Dostoyevsky's cautionary tale about the destructive forces of demagoguery and unbridled rhetoric.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 708 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780140440355 |
In The Devils Dostoyevsky created a chilling and prophetic story of revolutionaries and nihilists plotting the overthrow of the Russian government and the downfall of the Russian church. It focuses on the complex and tormented character of Stavrogin, a desperate man whose loss of faith makes him dangerous. Believing he is beyond guilt and remorse, he commits terrible crimes, infects others with ideas he does not believe in and accepts love he does not deserve. Yet Stavrogin is only one of a small band of rebels whose hunger for a more democratic, Western system threatens the fabric of Russian society, and The Devils is a brilliant psychological analysis of a group of people possessed by a destructive passion for revolution.
| Author | : William J. Leatherbarrow |
| Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780810114449 |
The most openly political of Dostoevsky's four major novels, The Devils has left literary scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure which veers back and forth between first and third person, and fascinated by the political overtones and social commentary it includes. For these reasons, The Devils often anchors courses on Dostoevsky's works. This critical companion contains essays that shed light on both the tricky literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
| Total Pages | : 884 |
| Release | : 2008-03-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals � even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky�s sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 806 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Nihilism |
| ISBN | : 9780192838292 |
This new translation also includes the chapter `Stavrogin's Confession', which was considered to be too shocking to print. In this edition it appears where the author originally intended it.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 770 |
| Release | : 2011-09-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1446485315 |
'The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia' Guardian Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country's new political reformers, particularly those known as Nihilists. Blackly funny, grotesque and shocking, Demons is a disturbing portrait of five young men saturated in ideology and bent on destruction, and a compelling study of terrorism. 'Marvellous...a fluid and well-paced translation' Observer
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2018-11-14 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781729734841 |
The Possessed is a political and social satire, a large scale tragedy, which is considered amongst the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky. This psychological drama is Dostoevsky's criticism of the political and moral nihilism, which were prevalent in Russia in 1860s. Dostoevsky's criticises the spreading atheism and explores a loss by a Russian man of his true national identity. The author sees nihilism as a root of many deepening social problems and in his book portrays the growing suicide rate as an inevitable ultimate self-destructing end. A fictional town somewhere in province becomes a focal point of an attempted revolution and descends into chaos. Stepan Verkhovensky represents an idealistic westernised generation of 1840s, he is a mere helpless accomplice of the 'demonic' force possessing the town. His son, Pyotr, is a conspirator orchestrating the revolution, while his counterpart in the moral sphere, Nikolai Stavrogin, the protagonist, dominates the book by influencing the hearts and the minds of everyone around him.
| Author | : Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher | : The Floating Press |
| Total Pages | : 893 |
| Release | : 2011-05-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1775452719 |
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky is regarded by scholars and critics as one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century. His deeply philosophical novels present a nuanced look at some of the psychological struggles that men and women face. This novel, set against the backdrop of the initial rumblings of revolution in Imperial Russia, delves into the motivations that inspire extreme political ideologies.
