Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction. By Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams's impressive study of Dostoevsky's narrative art is the fruit of more than half a lifetime's immersion in Russian orthodox culture and thought. It should be stressed from the outset that the book neither constitutes an introduction to Dostoevsky's poetics nor is it...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Literature and theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-118 |
| Review of: | Dostoevsky (London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008) (Hillier, Russell M.)
Dostoevsky (London [u.a.] : Continuum, 2008) (Hillier, Russell M.) Dostoevsky (Waco : Baylor University Press, 2008) (Hillier, Russell M.) |
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| Summary: | Rowan Williams's impressive study of Dostoevsky's narrative art is the fruit of more than half a lifetime's immersion in Russian orthodox culture and thought. It should be stressed from the outset that the book neither constitutes an introduction to Dostoevsky's poetics nor is it truly directed to a lay readership. The work assumes a thorough knowledge of Dostoevsky's novels, shorter fiction, notebooks and journalism; it frequently alludes to major studies in the canon of Dostoevsky scholarship and to their influence; it draws liberally upon Russian history and the philosophy of religion; and it presupposes a familiarity with Mikhail Bakhtin's profound critical contribution in his ‘polyphonic’ and ‘dialogic’ readings of this great Russian novelist. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frn059 |