CHAPTER 5. The Novel

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments x
4. How to Use this Book xii
5. Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Referencing xvi
6. Timeline of Dostoevskii’s Life and Works xviii
7. Part One: Biography and Context
8. CHAPTER 1. The Early Dostoevskii 1
9. CHAPTER 2. Dostoevskii and His Contemporaries 54
10. Part Two: Poetics
11. CHAPTER 3. Aesthetics 97
12. CHAPTER 4. Characters 138
13. CHAPTER 5. The Novel 200
14. CHAPTER 6. From Journalism to Fiction 257
15. Part Three: Themes
16. CHAPTER 7. Captivity, Free Will, and Utopia 322
17. CHAPTER 8. Dostoevskii’s Others 376
18. CHAPTER 9. Russia 430
19. CHAPTER 10. God 481
20. Index 528