Dostoevsky - Vol. 2) The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 (1983)

This present volume is the second in a series dealing with the life and works of Dostoevsky [...] during the ten years [he] spent first in solitary confinement, then in a prison camp in Siberia, and finally as a soldier in one of the Siberian regiments of the Russian army. --Preface.ISBN : 9780691014227 This Present Volume Is The Second In A Series Dealing With The Life And Works Of Dostoevsky ... During The Ten Years [he] Spent First In Solitary Confinement, Then In A Prison Camp In Siberia, And Finally As A Soldier In One Of The Siberian Regiments Of The Russian Army. --preface. Part I : The Peter-and-paul Fortress. Introduction ; The Petrashevsky Affair ; A Wealth Of Life ; Clever, Independent, Cunning, Stubborn ; The Incident On Semenovsky Square -- Part Ii : Katorga. First Impressions ; A World Of Moral Horror ; A Russian Patriot ; The Peasant Marey ; A New Vision ; Monsters In Their Misery -- Part Iii : First Love. A Thirst For Knowledge ; Private Dostoevsky ; An Influential Friend ; A Knight In Female Clothing -- Part Iv : A Second Start. A Russian Heart ; Weak And Strong Types ; Literary Projects ; The Siberian Novellas : Uncle's Dream, The Village Of Stepanchikovo ; Homecoming. Joseph Frank. Continues: Dostoevsky : The Seeds Of Revolt, 1821-1849. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Volume two of one of the greatest literary biographies of our timeJoseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the Russian novelist in any language and one of the greatest literary biographies ever written. In this monumental work, Frank blends biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism to illuminate Dostoevsky's works and set them in their personal, historical, and ideological context. More than a biography in the usual sense, this is a cultural history of nineteenth-century Russia, providing both a rich picture of the world in which Dostoevsky lived and a major reinterpretation of his life and work.This volume opens with the detention of the bookish young writer for membership in the radical Petrashevsky Circle and closes with his return to the capital ten years later as an ex-convict and former soldier who now proclaims himself an ardent supporter of the czar and the Russian imperial dynasty. Cover Page Half-title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Preface Transliteration Part I: The Peter-and-Paul Fortress Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Petrashevsky Affair Chapter 3: "A Wealth of Life" Chapter 4: "Clever, Independent, Cunning, Stubborn" Chapter 5: The Incident in Semenovsky Square Part II: Katorga Chapter 6: First Impressions Chapter 7: A World of Moral Horror Chapter 8: A Russian Patriot Chapter 9: The Peasant Marey Chapter 10: A New Vision Chapter 11: "Monsters in Their Misery" Part III: First Love Chapter 12: A Thirst for Knowledge Chapter 13: Private Dostoevsky Chapter 14: An Influential Friend Chapter 15: "A Knight in Female Clothing" Part IV: A Second Start Chapter 16: A Russian Heart Chapter 17: "Weak" and "Strong" Types Chapter 18: Literary Projects Chapter 19: The Siberian Novellas Uncle's Dream The Village of Stepanchikovo Chapter 20: Homecoming Abbreviations Notes Index ". . . a narrative of such compelling precision, thoroughness and insight as to give the reader a sense not just of acquaintanceship, but of complete identification with Dostoevsky, of looking through his eyes and understanding with his mind."--Helen Muchnic, Boston Globe"This is unquestionably the best account we have of Dostoevsky in his time."--Donald Fanger, The New Republic". . . will rightly be considered one of the finest achievements of American literary scholarship."--Ren Wellek, Washington Post

The second of three volume on the famous Russian writer, describing his years of interment and military service.

This second volume of the life of Dostoevsky deals with the period between the time of his arrest as a conspirator in the Petrashevsky case and his return to St. Petersburg, ten years later, a changed man both physically and spiritually. The description for this book, Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859, will be forthcoming.