Author(s): Victor Terras
Edition: 1
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Year: 1981
Language: English
Pages: 498
City: Madison
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Transliteration......Page 14
Abbreviations and Short Titles......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
1. The Brothers Karamazov in Dostoevsky’s Life......Page 18
2. The Story of the Writing of The Brothers Karamazov......Page 20
3. Early Versions of Aspects of The Brothers Karamazov......Page 25
4. Literary Sources of The Brothers Karamazov......Page 28
5. Connections with Earlier Works......Page 39
6. Prototypes......Page 42
7. Dostoevsky’s Notebooks......Page 46
8. Contemporary Critical Reactions......Page 48
9. The Brothers Karamazov as a Public Event......Page 51
10. Personal Idiosyncrasies......Page 53
II. Ideas in The Brothers Karamazov......Page 56
1. The Brothers Karamazov as an Allegory......Page 58
2. The Brothers Karamazov as a Theodicy......Page 62
3. The Theme of Fathers and Children......Page 74
4. The Brothers Karamazov as a Social Novel......Page 78
5. Moral and Religious Philosophy in The Brothers Karamazov......Page 88
6. The Brothers Karamazov as a Psychological Novel......Page 93
III. Narrative Technique......Page 99
1. The Polyphonic Composition of The Brothers Karamazov......Page 100
2. Subtexts......Page 111
3. Narrative Structure......Page 115
4. Language......Page 125
5. Symbolism......Page 130
Commentary......Page 136
The Characters of the Novel......Page 138
From the Author......Page 140
Book One......Page 141
Book Two......Page 157
Book Three......Page 181
Book Four......Page 206
Book Five......Page 225
Book Six......Page 261
Book Seven......Page 277
Book Eight......Page 291
Book Nine......Page 327
Book Ten......Page 352
Book Eleven......Page 371
Book Twelve......Page 414
Epilogue......Page 453
Bibliography......Page 462
Index......Page 472
