Wages of Evil: Dostoevsky and Punishment

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Wages of Evil Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Series Editors Robert Belknap Caryl Emerson Gary Saul Morson William Mills Todd III Andrew Wachtel Wages of Evil Dostoevsky and Punishment Anna Schur northwestern university press / evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu Copyright © 2012 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2012 by Northwestern University Press. All rights reserved. Some material in chapters 4 and 5 is loosely based on the author’s article: Anna Kaladiouk, “Western Penology and the Russian ‘Living Soul’: Dostoevsky and the Contemporary Discourse on Moral Reformation,” Studies in Law, Politics, and Society 25 (2002): 87–118. This book has been published with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schur, Anna. Wages of evil : Dostoevsky and punishment / Anna Schur. p. cm. — (Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8101-2848-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881—Ethics. 3. Punishment in literature. 4. Punishment—Russia—History—19th century. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in Russian literature and theory. PG3328.Z6S336 2013 891.733—dc23 2012028098 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To the memory of my grandparents Nina Schur and Roman Schulkin ...