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Subject(s)

• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich) 1895-1975—Problemy poėtiki Dostoevskogo [Browse]
• Interpersonal confrontation in literature [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Russian literature and theory [More in this series]
• Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory

Summary note

"Challenging, revising, and expanding on Bakhtin's Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, Lynn Ellen Patyk demonstrates that provocation drives Dostoevsky's poetics of conflict, and she identifies the literary devices he uses to propel plot conflict and capture our attention"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.

Contents

• "Why don't we reduce all this reasonableness to dust?" : Introduction to Dostoevskian Provocation
• "In our age of imposture and shamelessness" : Ontological Provocation in The Double
• "I'll say it in the whole world's face" : Confession as Comedic Provocation in Notes from Underground
• "That a girl!" : Dostoevsky's Feminist Provocation in The Idiot
• "No one is pleased and everyone is angry" : Diary of a Right-Wing Provocateur
• "But the Devil was overcome" : The Brothers Karamazov and the End of Provocation
• "I came not to send peace": Problems of Dostoevsky's Provocative Authorship.

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ISBN

• 9780810145726 (paperback)
• 0810145723 (paperback)
• 9780810145733 (hardcover)
• 0810145731 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022032689

OCLC

1313384658

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