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Consequences of consciousness : Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy
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Russian psychological prose has made a distinct contribution to world culture--not only to literature, but also to practical psychology and even to neuropsychology. Consequences of Consciousness fo...
Russian psychological prose has made a distinct contribution to world culture--not only to literature, but also to practical psychology and even to neuropsychology. Consequences of Consciousness focuses primarily on Russian ideas of the self and subjectivity, and how these ideas find expression in the fiction of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy--the most important founding authors of the Russian school of psychological realism. These writers explore both the limits and the autonomy of subjective consciousness, and their books are as relevant today as they have ever been. Through close analysis of many well-known texts, Orwin reveals that these three authors conversed with each other through their works. She emphasizes the role Western thought played in the development of their psychological prose and how it was transformed by a Russian context.
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- Creator
- Donna Tussing Orwin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- text file
- ISBNs
- 1503626776, 9781503626775
- OCLC
- on1294423596
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Documentation -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE The Origins of Self-Consciousness as a National Trait of the Russian Literary Tradition -- CHAPTER TWO Turgenev Subjectivity in the Shadows -- CHAPTER THREE Dostoevsky's Hidden Author -- CHAPTER FOUR Taming the Author: The Platonic and the Turgenevian Moments in Tolstoy's Fiction -- CHAPTER FIVE Romantic Longing in Turgenev -- CHAPTER SIX Dostoevsky's Critique of Turgenev -- CHAPTER SEVEN Reflection as a Tool for Understanding in Russian Psychological Prose -- CHAPTER EIGHT Childhood in Dickens, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy -- CHAPTER NINE The Psychology of Evil in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Consciousness in literature.
- Psychological fiction, Russian -- History and criticism.
- Russian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.