Joseph Frank

Joseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume Dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any language--and one of the greatest literary biographies of the past half-century. Now Frank's monumental, 2500-page work has been skillfully abridged and condensed in this single, highly readable volume with a new preface by the author. Carefully preserving the original work's acclaimed narrative style and combination of biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism, Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time illuminates the writer's works--from his first novel Poor Folk to Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov--by setting them in their personal, historical, and above all ideological context. More than a biography in the usual sense, this is a cultural history of nineteenth-century Russia, providing both a rich picture of the world in which Dostoevsky lived and a major reinterpretation of his life and work.

A Writer in His Time

Dostoevsky

"This book collects twelve classroom lectures on seven major works by Dostoevsky--Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Notes from Underground, and three others--by Joseph Frank, the author of the definitive five-volume biography of Dostoevsky published by Princeton University Press. Frank's widow, Marguerite Frank, has worked with a Russian translator and former student of Frank's, Marina Brodskya, to compile the lectures--some of which Frank had written out in their entirety, others for which he left extensive notes. The book will contain a preface, introduction, seven chapters (each containing one or two lectures on a major work), and lists of further reading and stage and screen adaptations of Dostoevsky's works. Each lecture is about 4,000 words and is written in a conversational style that is accessible for undergraduates but also demonstrates Frank's unparalleled knowledge of the Russian author and his world, providing wide-ranging literary and historical context. The editors include notes to explain references and allusions. The book also will include some images of Joseph Frank, Dostoevsky, a couple of artworks discussed in the lectures, and a sample of Frank's handwritten lecture notes"--

Lectures on Dostoevsky

Ergin Altay

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The Idea of Spatial Form contains the classic essay that introduced the concept of "spatial form" into literary discussion in 1945, and has since been accepted as one of the foundations for a theory of modern literature. It is here reprinted along with two later reconsiderations, one of which answers its major critics, while the second places the theory in relation to Russian Formalism and French Structuralism. Originally conceived to clarify the formal experiments of avant-garde literature, the idea of spatial form, when placed in this wider context, also contributes importantly to the foundations of a general poetics of the literary text. Also included are related discussions of André Malraux, Heinrich Wölfflin, Herbert Read, and E. H. Gombrich. New material has been added to the essays in the form of footnotes and postscripts to two of them. These either illustrate the continuing relevance of the questions raised, or offer Frank's more recent opinions on the topic.

The Idea of Spatial Form

ein Handbuch für Lehrer und für Lernende. ¬Die Hautkrankheiten im Allgemeinen und der Ausschlagsfieber erste Hälfte

Die Hautkrankheiten

The Doomed Astronaut

Patología interna

Dostoïevski, un écrivain dans son temps

This third volume in Frank's planned five-volume biography begins with the writer's return from a ten-year Siberian exile and his energetic efforts, supported by the spiritual transformation he had undergone during his imprisonment, to reestablish himself as a writer of the first rank

The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865

Dostoiévski: os Efeitos da Libertação 1860-1865

Nesta edição condensada da biografia definitiva de Fiódor Dostoiévski, Joseph Frank usa a história cultural da Rússia como pano de fundo para reconstituir a vida e a obra de um dos grandes escritores do século XIX. A premiada biografia em cinco volumes de Dostoiévski escrita por Joseph Frank é amplamente reconhecida como o estudo definitivo sobre a vida do autor russo e um dos mais renomados livros do gênero. Nesta edição, a colossal pesquisa de 2500 páginas foi minuciosamente condensada em um único volume, que conta com prefácio inédito. Ao preservar a narrativa e o estilo do trabalho original e combinar gênero biográfico, história intelectual e crítica literária, Dostoiévski: Um escritor em seu tempo ilumina a obra do autor ao inseri-la em seu contexto pessoal, histórico e, acima de tudo, ideológico. Mais do que uma biografia no sentido usual do termo, este livro é uma história cultural da Rússia do século XIX, oferecendo tanto um retrato completo do mundo em que viveu Dostoiévski como uma grande interpretação de sua vida e obra. "Um feito monumental." — The New York Times Book Review "Magnífico. Um relato profundamente envolvente." — James Wood, The New Republic "Um retrato maravilhoso do homem por trás dos livros, escrito com inacreditável lucidez." — Nadine Gordimer, Independent

Um escritor em seu tempo

Dostoiévski

Narra um dos mais importantes momentos da existência e da criação literária de Dostoiévski. Revela o gênio do romancista russo tendo como pano de fundo as agitações filosóficas e sociais da Rússia na segunda metade do século XIX.

Dostoiévski: os Anos Milagrosos (1865-1871)

Essays probe the culture that spawned the great novels of Dostoevsky and explore the author's influence on world literature

Essays on Literature and Culture

Through the Russian Prism

Crisis and Mastery in Modern Literature

The Widening Gyre

David Baumgardt

Essays in Honor of David Baumgardt

Horizons of a Philosopher

Traité de pathologie interne

In this book, acclaimed Dostoevsky biographer Joseph Frank explores some of the most important aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century Russian culture, literature, and history. Delving into the distinctions of the Russian novel as well as the conflicts between the religious peasant world and the educated Russian elite, Between Religion and Rationality displays the cogent reflections of one of the most distinguished and versatile critics in the field. Frank's essays provide a discriminating look at four of Dostoevsky's most famous novels, discuss the debate between J. M. Coetzee and Mario Vargas Llosa on the issue of Dostoevsky and evil, and confront Dostoevsky's anti-Semitism. The collection also examines such topics as Orlando Figes's sweeping survey of the history of Russian culture, the life of Pushkin, and Oblomov's influence on Samuel Beckett. Investigating the omnipresent religious theme that runs throughout Russian culture, even in the antireligious Chekhov, Frank argues that no other major European literature was as much preoccupied as the Russian with the tensions between religion and rationality. Between Religion and Rationality highlights this unique quality of Russian literature and culture, offering insights for general readers and experts alike.

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