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1 online resource. |
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The Unknown Nineteenth Century
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Unknown nineteenth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-192) and index. |
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1. Model prefaces from Russian literature -- 2. Dostoevsky's initial post-Siberian work -- 3. Playing with authorial identities -- 4. Monsters roam the text -- 5. Re-contextualizing introductions -- 6. Anxious to the end -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including Notes from the House of the Dead, Notes from Underground, The Devils, The Brothers Karamazov, and?A Gentle Creature.? Despite his clever attempts to call his readers? attention to these introductions, they have been neglected as an object of study for over 150 years. That oversight is rectified in First Words, the first systematic study of Dostoevsky?s introductions. Using Genette?s typology of prefaces and Bakhtin?s notion of multiple voices, Lewis Bagby reveals just how important Dostoevsky?s first words are to his fiction. Dostoevsky?s ruses, verbal winks, and backward glances indicate a lively and imaginative author at earnest play in the field of literary discourse. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Prefaces -- History and criticism.
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Prefaces. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1618114824 9781618114822 (OCoLC)919684475 |
| ISBN |
9781618114839 (electronic book) |
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1618114832 (electronic book) |
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9781618116819 (electronic book) |
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1618116819 (electronic book) |
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1618114824 |
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9781618114822 |
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