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A Dostoevsky dictionary
• The first dictionary in any language to identify every character in Dostoevsky's fiction.
• Identification of historical & literary allusions.
This invaluable new reference book enables the reader to do two things: 1) locate every character in Dostoevsky's works and find out the main facts about that character, including exactly wheere he appears in a given work or works, and 2) learn the meanings of literary, historical, and other allusions made by Dostoevsky.
The extensive cross-referencing and index also enable the reader to check in sequence all allusions to one subject: e.g., if the user wants to know the location of all references to Shakespeare, or Pushkin, or to a character or even a poetry quotation, the index to the Dictionary makes this possible.
The primary arrangement of the Dictionary is work-by-work, chronologically. Within each work each character name used, as well as each allusion, is given in alphabetically order.
A vast amount of research has gone into these explanations, and now the reader need no longer be puzzled by arcane Russian literary allusions or references to minor French authors.
• Identification of historical & literary allusions.
This invaluable new reference book enables the reader to do two things: 1) locate every character in Dostoevsky's works and find out the main facts about that character, including exactly wheere he appears in a given work or works, and 2) learn the meanings of literary, historical, and other allusions made by Dostoevsky.
The extensive cross-referencing and index also enable the reader to check in sequence all allusions to one subject: e.g., if the user wants to know the location of all references to Shakespeare, or Pushkin, or to a character or even a poetry quotation, the index to the Dictionary makes this possible.
The primary arrangement of the Dictionary is work-by-work, chronologically. Within each work each character name used, as well as each allusion, is given in alphabetically order.
A vast amount of research has gone into these explanations, and now the reader need no longer be puzzled by arcane Russian literary allusions or references to minor French authors.
517 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1983
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