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The Novel in the Age of Disintegration

The Novel in the Age of Disintegration Dostoevsky and the Problem of Genre in the 1870S - Studies in Russian Literature and Theory

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Scholars have long been fascinated by the creative struggles with genre manifested throughout Dostoevsky's career. In The Novel in the Age of Disintegration, Kate Holland brings historical context to bear, showing that Dostoevsky wanted to use the form of the novel as a means of depicting disintegration brought on by various crises in Russian society in the 1860s. This required him to reinvent the genre. At the same time he sought to infuse his novels with the capacity to inspire belief in social and spiritual reintegration, so he returned to some older conventions of a society that was already becoming outmoded. In thoughtful readings of Demons, The Adolescent, A Writer's Diary,and The Brothers Karamazov, Holland delineates Dostoevsky's struggle to adapt a genre to the reality of the present, with all its upheavals, while maintaining a utopian vision of Russia's future mission.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780810129269
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Imprint: Northwestern University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 891.733
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 251
Weight: 504g
Height: 238mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 22mm