Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground
Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground by F.M. Dostoevsky, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 1998, is a bilingual edition that spans 240 pages. This work is often regarded as a precursor to Dostoevsky’s later novels, combining philosophical discourse with fictional narrative. The text presents the character of the ‘Underground Man,’ a notable figure in European literature recognized as one of the first anti-heroes.
Readers will find that the first part of the book serves as a philosophical exploration, while the second part exemplifies these theories through its narrative. This edition includes the original Russian text alongside an English introduction and notes, making it suitable for those interested in both literary criticism and foreign language study. The work engages with themes of fiction and the complexities of human nature, inviting readers to delve into Dostoevsky’s profound insights.
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This indispensable text can justly be regarded as the forerunner to the great flowering of Dostoevsky’s novels which was to follow. The first part of this unusual work is often treated as a philosophical text in its own right, the second part illustrates the theory of the first by means of its own fictional practice. At the same time the reader is introduced to the phenomenon of the ‘Underground Man’ one of the first genuine anti-heroes in European literature.
This book contains the Russian text of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, with an English language introduction and notes.
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