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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Preface: Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
- Transliteration xxi
- Abbreviations xxiii
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Part I. The Seeds of Revolt, 1821–1849
- Chapter 1. Prelude 3
- Chapter 2. The Family 5
- Chapter 3. The Religious and Cultural Background 23
- Chapter 4. The Academy of Military Engineers 38
- Chapter 5. The Two Romanticisms 51
- Chapter 6. The Gogol Period 61
- Chapter 7. Poor Folk 76
- Chapter 8. Dostoevsky and the Pléiade 86
- Chapter 9. Belinsky and Dostoevsky: I 94
- Chapter 10. Feuilletons and Experiments 104
- Chapter 11. Belinsky and Dostoevsky: II 119
- Chapter 12. The Beketov and Petrashevsky Circles 129
- Chapter 13. Dostoevsky and Speshnev 145
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Part II. The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859
- Chapter 14. The Peter-and-Paul Fortress 163
- Chapter 15. Katorga 185
- Chapter 16. “Monsters in Their Misery” 196
- Chapter 17. Private Dostoevsky 223
- Chapter 18. A Russian Heart 243
- Chapter 19. The Siberian Novellas 255
- Chapter 20. Homecoming 273
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Part III. The Stir of Liberation, 1860–1865
- Chapter 21. Into the Fray 281
- Chapter 22. An Aesthetics of Transcendence 298
- Chapter 23. The Insulted and Injured 317
- Chapter 24. The Era of Proclamations 330
- Chapter 25. Portrait of a Nihilist 341
- Chapter 26. Time: The Final Months 358
- Chapter 27. Winter Notes on Summer Impressions 372
- Chapter 28. An Emancipated Woman, A Tormented Lover 384
- Chapter 29. The Prison of Utopia 399
- Chapter 30. Notes from Underground 413
- Chapter 31. The End of Epoch 441
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Part IV. The Miraculous Y ears, 1865–1871
- Chapter 32. Khlestakov in Wiesbaden 455
- Chapter 33. From Novella to Novel 472
- Chapter 34. Crime and Punishment 483
- Chapter 35. “A Little Diamond” 509
- Chapter 36. The Gambler 521
- Chapter 37. Escape and Exile 531
- Chapter 38. In Search of a Novel 549
- Chapter 39. An Inconsolable Father 564
- Chapter 40. The Idiot 577
- Chapter 41. The Pamphlet and the Poem 590
- Chapter 42. Fathers, Sons, and Stavrogin 601
- Chapter 43. Exile’s Return 616
- Chapter 44. History and Myth in Demons 626
- Chapter 45. The Book of the Impostors 650
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Part V. The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871–1881
- Chapter 46. The Citizen 669
- Chapter 47. Narodnichestvo: Russian Populism 682
- Chapter 48. Bad Ems 694
- Chapter 49. A Raw Youth 706
- Chapter 50. A Public Figure 723
- Chapter 51. The Diary of a Writer, 1876–1877 738
- Chapter 52. A New Novel 760
- Chapter 53. The Great Debate 779
- Chapter 54. Rebellion and the Grand Inquisitor 788
- Chapter 55. Terror and Martial Law 804
- Chapter 56. The Pushkin Festival 813
- Chapter 57. Controversies and Conclusions 835
- Chapter 58. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 1–4 848
- Chapter 59. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 5–6 867
- Chapter 60. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 7–12 886
- Chapter 61. Death and Transfiguration 912
- Editor’s Note 933
- Index 935
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Preface: Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
- Transliteration xxi
- Abbreviations xxiii
-
Part I. The Seeds of Revolt, 1821–1849
- Chapter 1. Prelude 3
- Chapter 2. The Family 5
- Chapter 3. The Religious and Cultural Background 23
- Chapter 4. The Academy of Military Engineers 38
- Chapter 5. The Two Romanticisms 51
- Chapter 6. The Gogol Period 61
- Chapter 7. Poor Folk 76
- Chapter 8. Dostoevsky and the Pléiade 86
- Chapter 9. Belinsky and Dostoevsky: I 94
- Chapter 10. Feuilletons and Experiments 104
- Chapter 11. Belinsky and Dostoevsky: II 119
- Chapter 12. The Beketov and Petrashevsky Circles 129
- Chapter 13. Dostoevsky and Speshnev 145
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Part II. The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859
- Chapter 14. The Peter-and-Paul Fortress 163
- Chapter 15. Katorga 185
- Chapter 16. “Monsters in Their Misery” 196
- Chapter 17. Private Dostoevsky 223
- Chapter 18. A Russian Heart 243
- Chapter 19. The Siberian Novellas 255
- Chapter 20. Homecoming 273
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Part III. The Stir of Liberation, 1860–1865
- Chapter 21. Into the Fray 281
- Chapter 22. An Aesthetics of Transcendence 298
- Chapter 23. The Insulted and Injured 317
- Chapter 24. The Era of Proclamations 330
- Chapter 25. Portrait of a Nihilist 341
- Chapter 26. Time: The Final Months 358
- Chapter 27. Winter Notes on Summer Impressions 372
- Chapter 28. An Emancipated Woman, A Tormented Lover 384
- Chapter 29. The Prison of Utopia 399
- Chapter 30. Notes from Underground 413
- Chapter 31. The End of Epoch 441
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Part IV. The Miraculous Y ears, 1865–1871
- Chapter 32. Khlestakov in Wiesbaden 455
- Chapter 33. From Novella to Novel 472
- Chapter 34. Crime and Punishment 483
- Chapter 35. “A Little Diamond” 509
- Chapter 36. The Gambler 521
- Chapter 37. Escape and Exile 531
- Chapter 38. In Search of a Novel 549
- Chapter 39. An Inconsolable Father 564
- Chapter 40. The Idiot 577
- Chapter 41. The Pamphlet and the Poem 590
- Chapter 42. Fathers, Sons, and Stavrogin 601
- Chapter 43. Exile’s Return 616
- Chapter 44. History and Myth in Demons 626
- Chapter 45. The Book of the Impostors 650
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Part V. The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871–1881
- Chapter 46. The Citizen 669
- Chapter 47. Narodnichestvo: Russian Populism 682
- Chapter 48. Bad Ems 694
- Chapter 49. A Raw Youth 706
- Chapter 50. A Public Figure 723
- Chapter 51. The Diary of a Writer, 1876–1877 738
- Chapter 52. A New Novel 760
- Chapter 53. The Great Debate 779
- Chapter 54. Rebellion and the Grand Inquisitor 788
- Chapter 55. Terror and Martial Law 804
- Chapter 56. The Pushkin Festival 813
- Chapter 57. Controversies and Conclusions 835
- Chapter 58. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 1–4 848
- Chapter 59. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 5–6 867
- Chapter 60. The Brothers Karamazov: Books 7–12 886
- Chapter 61. Death and Transfiguration 912
- Editor’s Note 933
- Index 935