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Dostoevsky and the Russian People. Linda Ivanits. Russian popular folk beliefs and culture were a central theme in Dostoevsky's works, and folklore imagery is diffused througout his fiction. Dostoevsky and the Russian People is an extensive study and Linda Ivanits investigates the integration of Dostoevsky's religious ideas and popular folklore. She surveys the shifts in Dostoevsky's thinking about the Russian people throughout his lifetime and studies it in Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Devils, and The Brothers Karamazov. An essential work.
NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 1st edition. 270 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Near fine with no ownership marks. 1 copy only.
