The New Russian Dostoevsky: Readings for the Twenty-First Century

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................... xi Note on the Text ........................................................................................................ xii List of Illustrations ................................................................................................... xiii About the Authors .................................................................................................... xv About the Translators .............................................................................................. xix Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 Part I: General Trends The Dostoevsky Syndrome Vladimir Zakharov ............................................................................................... 9 New Categories for Philological Analysis in Dostoevsky Scholarship Ivan Esaulov ........................................................................................................ 25 The Gospel in F. M. Dostoevsky's Life and Work (Optical-Electronic Reconstruction of Marginalia in Dostoevsky's Copy of the New Testament) V. F. Mo1chanov .................................................................................................. 37 An Unknown Letter by Dostoevsky With an introduction by Vladimir Zakharov ............................................... 43 Dostoevsky's Science of the Heart Natalia Ashimbaeva ........................................................................................... 47 Euclidian and Non-Euclidian Reason Grigorii Pomerants ............................................................................................. 65 vi ii CONTE NTS Part II: Individual Works Crime and Punishment Commentary on Crime and Punishment: Space, Time, Material Details, Echoes Boris Tikhomirov ................................................................................................ 95 Literary and Real-Life Prototypes of Dostoevsky's Heroes: The Tradesman in the Robe in Crime and Punishment Valentina Vetlovskaia ...................................................................................... 123 Gospel Quotations in Crime and Punishment: The Marmeladov Funeral Dinner Anna Gumerova................................................................................................ 139 The Idiot History in a Name: Myshkin and the Horizontal Sanctuary Tatiana Kasatkina ............................................................................................. 145 Holy Foolislmess and Madness, Death and Resurrection, Being and Non-Being in The Idiot Karen Stepanian ................................................................................................ 165 Demons Distortion of the Ideal: The Cripple in Demons Liudmila Saraskina........................................................................................... 189 Dostoevsky's Novel Demons and the Russian Balagan Rima Iakubova .................................................................................................. 217 CONTENTS ix Kinesic Observations on Dostoevsky's Novel Demons Sergei Pukhachev.............................................................................................. 229 The Brothers Karamazov Saying Prayers for the Dead over the Living: Ancient Custom, Its Transformation and Significance in The Brothers Karamazov Tatyana Buzina .................................................................................................. 249 The Legend of the Medelianka Olga Dekhanova ............................................................................................... 257 Commentary on a Commentary: The Medelianka and the Return of Zhuchka Tatiana Kasatkina ............................................................................................. 267 Alyosha's Destiny Igor Volgin ......................................................................................................... 271 ...