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ID: 811852
Title: Dostoevsky: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Deborah Martinsen
Narrator: Kitty Hendrix
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-24
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticism
Summary:
Fyodor Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, religion, and philosophy.
In this Very Short Introduction, Deborah Martinsen explores Dostoevsky's tumultuous life story: his political imprisonment and narrow escape from execution, his Siberian exile, his gambling addiction, his romantic marriage, and his literary success. Martinsen also delves into his major works—Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, The Diary of a Writer, and more. Each chapter analyzes a key theme or aspect of Dostoevsky's writing that showcases his profound insights into human nature and society: doubling, freedom, shame, social justice, scandal, aesthetics, ethics, faith, and the eternal questions. Martinsen also demonstrates how Dostoevsky's novels remain relevant today as they address pressing questions about freedom, morality, and meaning in a complex world.
Contact: [email protected]
ID: 811852
Title: Dostoevsky: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Deborah Martinsen
Narrator: Kitty Hendrix
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-24
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticism
Summary:
Fyodor Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, religion, and philosophy.
In this Very Short Introduction, Deborah Martinsen explores Dostoevsky's tumultuous life story: his political imprisonment and narrow escape from execution, his Siberian exile, his gambling addiction, his romantic marriage, and his literary success. Martinsen also delves into his major works—Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, The Diary of a Writer, and more. Each chapter analyzes a key theme or aspect of Dostoevsky's writing that showcases his profound insights into human nature and society: doubling, freedom, shame, social justice, scandal, aesthetics, ethics, faith, and the eternal questions. Martinsen also demonstrates how Dostoevsky's novels remain relevant today as they address pressing questions about freedom, morality, and meaning in a complex world.
Contact: [email protected]
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