Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground

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Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian Literature and Theory Series Editors Robert Belknap Caryl Emerson Gary Saul Morson William Mills Todd III Andrew Wachtel Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground Elizabeth A. Blake northwestern university press / evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu This book has been published with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Copyright © 2014 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blake, Elizabeth Ann, 1971– author. Dostoevsky and the Catholic underground / Elizabeth A. Blake. pages cm. — (Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8101-2957-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881—Religion. 3. Catholic Church—In literature. 4. Anti-Catholicism in literature. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in Russian literature and theory. PG3328.Z7R42236 2014 891.733—dc23 2013046301 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 Isa, Rafe, and Ruben Not without purpose, for many years Did the Lord as a witness place me And gave me to understand the bookish arts. —Alexander Pushkin, Boris Godunov ...