Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. 1. Conversion, Message, Medium, Transformation: Dostoevsky and the Peasants 1
6. 2. Guilt, Repentance, and the Pursuit of Art in The House of the Dead 22
7. 3. Crime and Punishment in the Classroom: The Elephant in the Garden 44
8. 4. The Gospel According to Dostoevsky: Paradox, Plot, and Parable 68
9. 5. Transformations, Exposures, and Intimations of Rousseau in The Possessed 86
10. 6. Unsealing the Generic Envelope and Deciphering ‘‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’’ 105
11. 7. Evocations and Revocations of Anxiety in the Metaphysical Novel: Reading The Brothers Karamazov through the Lens of Melmoth the Wanderer 128
12. 8. Perilous Journeys to Conversion: Adventures in Time and Space 148
13. Concluding Fragments: Some Last Words 173
14. Notes 189
15. Index 231