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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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Print version record; resource not viewed. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhCJvhxhYmGrBC33g8cT3
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Prefaces -- History and criticism.
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Préfaces -- Histoire et critique.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Prefaces
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: First words. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2016 9781618114822 (DLC) 2015298606 |
| ISBN |
9781618114839 (electronic bk.) |
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1618114832 (electronic bk.) |
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9781618116819 (electronic bk.) |
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1618116819 (electronic bk.) |
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1618114824 (hbk.) |
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9781618114822 (hbk.) |
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CHNEW 001021659 |
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CHVBK 529964007 |
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DEBBG BV044060821 |
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DEBSZ 481293914 |
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GBVCP 1030561672 |
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AU@ 000068984843 |
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