FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1879 by Constantin Shapiro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dates: 1821-1881
Nationality: Russian
Literary Periods:
- 19th Century, 1800-1899
FOCUS ON Crime and Punishment
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REFERENCE & BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Dictionary of Literary Biography [Database]
Essays on the life and works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, complete works and suggested reading bibliographies
The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia (2004) by
One of the greatest writers of all time, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) is best known for such masterpieces as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. His works are widely read and studied today, and he has received much biographical and critical attention. Like many other writers of enduring literature, he engages timeless moral and theological issues. His writings and ideas are complex and reflect the swirling political and intellectual controversies of his time. This encyclopedia is a convenient and comprehensive guide to his life and writings. Through more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries, this reference details his life and career. Each of his fictional works is discussed, as are his major pieces of journalism. There are also entries for his family members, close friends and associates, places where he lived, literary movements with which he is associated, and journals or newspapers in which he published. Also included are entries for major writers and thinkers who influenced his works, and for ideas and themes that figure prominently in his writings. The entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography of major works.
Call Number: Miller PG3328.A09 L36 2004ISBN: 0313303843
Character Names in Dostoevsky's Fiction (1981) by Call Number: Miller PG3328.Z7 C477ISBN: 0882336169
RESEARCH & CRITICISM
Books, essays, and journal articles indexed in MLA International Bibliography [Database]
MLA International Bibliography is the definitive literary research database, indexing the most authoritative Dostoevsky scholarship published in books and academic journals. MLA indexes and links to the entire JSTOR literary research collection as well as linking to many other full-text providers and the Colby College Libraries catalog. If you discover books or articles through MLA that are not available at Colby or through our lending partners, please request these items using your ILLiad Account.
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The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevskii (2002) by
Key dimensions of Dostoevskii's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. While remaining accessible to an undergraduate and non-specialist readership, the essays as a whole seek to renegotiate the terms in which Dostoevskii and his works are to be approached. This is achieved by replacing the conventional 'life and works' format by one that seeks instead to foreground key aspects of the cultural context in which those works were produced. Contributors trace the often complex relationship between those aspects and the processes accompanying the creation of Dostoevskii's art. They examine topics such as Dostoevskii's relation to folk literature, money, religion, the family and science. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.
Call Number: Miller PG3328.Z6 C27 2002ISBN: 0521652537
PRIMARY SOURCES: DOCUMENTS
Manuscripts, letters, and papers of Fyodor Dostoevsky are located in Moscow in the Manuscript Division of the Russian State Library, the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI, formerly TsGALI), and the State Historical Museum, and in St. Petersburg at the Institute of Russian Literature (IRLI, Pushkin House). -DLB
The Dostoevsky Archive (1997) by
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century, continues to be one of the writers most focused upon in academia throughout the world. With the recent opening of numerous archives in the former Soviet Union, much new material has come to light that has not yet been incorporated in publishes works or standard curricula.The Dostoevsky Archive comprehensively documents the entire life of the Russian novelist, using contemporary Russian source documents, the author's own letters and notes and those of his family, and the memoirs of his contemporaries. This fullscale reference work includes a detailed chronology, an annotated bibliography, and brief biographies of important contemporaries. Fully indexed.
Call Number: Miller PG3328 .D6425 1997ISBN: 0786402644
