Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)

this casebook Is A Collection Of Interpretations Of Crime And Punishment. The Selection Not Only Reflects Earlier Work By Major Critics In The Field, But Also More Recent Studies. At The Same Time The Choice Of Critical Approaches Has Been Made On The Basis Of Covering The Novel's Various Aspects: Dostoevsky's Debt To Other Novelists In The European Tradition; His Roots As A Writer In The So-called Natural School Of The 1840s With Its Emphasis On The Theme Of The City; The Thematic And Symbolic Structure Of The Novel Itself; The Psychology Of The Hero; The Philosophical Content Of The Novel And Its Relationship To Contemporary Thought; The Novel's Religious Dimension. This Latter Approach Has Long Been Established In Western Criticism, But The Two Essays With Which The casebook Concludes Are By Modern Russian Scholars, Who Examine The Novel In The Light Of Their Own Orthodox Tradition. Contents......Page 11 Note on Transliteration......Page 13 Introduction......Page 17 Apogee: Crime and Punishment......Page 31 Raskolnikov’s City and the Napoleonic Plan......Page 51 Crime and Punishment......Page 65 Motive and Symbol......Page 89 A Psychologist’s View......Page 117 Crime and Punishment and Contemporary Radical Thought......Page 133 “The Other World” in Crime and Punishment......Page 163 The Epilogue of Crime and Punishment......Page 185 Suggested Reading......Page 203 D......Page 207 I......Page 208 R......Page 209 Z......Page 210 This Casebook brings together seminal essays on Crime and Punishment by American, British and Russian scholars, and reflects both classical and more recent critical opinion. The novel is examined from various perspectives-literary influences, the role of the city, artistic structure, the hero's psychology and the novel's philosophical and religious connotations. Edited By Richard Peace. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 189-192) And Index.