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Dostoevsky and the Idiot: Author, Narrator, and the Reader

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Author(s): Robin Feuer Miller
Edition: 1
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1981

Language: English
Pages: 311
City: Cambridge, London

Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
1. The Narrative Imperative......Page 26
2. The Notebooks for The Idiot......Page 61
3. Shaping the Reader's Expectations: The Narrative, Parts I and II......Page 105
4. The Breakdown of the Reader's Trust in the Narrator: The Narrative, Parts III and IV......Page 141
5. The Clash of Truth and Falsehood: The Inserted Narrative, Parts I and II......Page 180
6. The Search for a Binding Idea: The Inserted Narrative, Parts III and IV......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 238
Appendix A. The Novel and the Critics......Page 247
Appendix B. The Phenomenology of Reading......Page 253
Appendix C. Characters and Family Constellations......Page 267
Note on Citations......Page 271
Notes......Page 272
Index......Page 302