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Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky
Wil Van Den Bercken
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Description for Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky - 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Adolescent', 'The Devils' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'. Dostoevsky's ambiguous treatment of religious issues in his literary works strongly differs from the slavophile Orthodoxy of his journalistic writings. In the novels Dostoevsky deals with Christian basic values, which are presented via a unique tension between the fictionality of the Christian characters and the readers' experience of the existential reality of their religious problems.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857289766
SKU
V9780857289766
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99-15
About Wil Van Den Bercken
Wil van den Bercken is a Slavist and professor of the history of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). His publications include 'Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union' (1988), 'Holy Russia and Christian Europe: East and West in the Religious Ideology of Russia' (1999) and 'Aesthetics as a Religious Factor in Eastern and ... Read more
Reviews for Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky
‘[This] sparklingly written book […] is a refreshing exception […] by its departure from an original literary analysis and struggle against biased interpretations […Van den Bercken] has with verve succeeded in demonstrating the importance that theology – if practiced in a selfcritical way – can have for the science of literature.’ —Pieter Boulogne, ‘Tijdschrift voor Theologie’ ‘A gift to Dostoevskii ... Read more