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9%OFFJames P. Scanlan - Dostoevsky the Thinker - 9780801476709 - V9780801476709
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Dostoevsky the Thinker

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Description for Dostoevsky the Thinker Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
For all his distance from formal philosophy, Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the most philosophical of writers. In works from fictional masterpieces to little-known nonfiction prose, he grappled with the ultimate questions about the nature of humankind. His novels are peopled by characters who dramatize the fierce debates that preoccupied the Russian intelligentsia during the second half of the nineteenth century. What was the philosophy of Dostoevsky? How does reading this literary giant from a new perspective add to our understanding of him and of Russian culture? In this remarkable book, a leading authority on Russian ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801476709
SKU
V9780801476709
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Reviews for Dostoevsky the Thinker
Dostoevsky was not only a novelist of ideas but an extremely influential and important journalistic commentator as well who wrote hundreds of pages expressing his ideas directly. James P. Scanlan does an admirable job of putting them together coherently, occasionally referring to the novels as well, even though justifiably critical of many of Dostoevsky's views. No one has accomplished such ... Read more

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