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The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, a pronunciation and explanation key for the novel's main characters, and greatly revised and expanded explanatory annotations. Contexts presents a wealth of background and source materials relating to The Brothers Karamazov, to Dostoevsky's own experiences, to current events, and to observations on a changing society. Included are the correspondence of influential literary and social critic Vissarion Grigorievich Belinksy and the author's letters spanning three decades as well as a selection from Dostoevsky's Diary of a Writer in which readers may trace the origins of this novel. Criticism offers a wide range of scholarly commentary on The Brothers Karamazov from American, Russian, and European authors, eleven of them new to the Second Edition and two of them appearing in English for the first time. Contributors include Ralph Matlaw, Valentina Vetlovskaia, Seamas O'Driscoll, William Mills Todd, Vladimir Kantor, Edward Wasiolek, Nathan Rosen, Roger B. Anderson, Robin Feuer Miller, Horst-Jurgen Gerigk, Vladimir Golstein, Robert L. Belknap, Ulrich Schmid, and Gary Saul Morson. A Chronology of Dostoevsky's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.Product Identifiers
PublisherWW Norton & Co
ISBN-139780393926330
eBay Product ID (ePID)180522730
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Brothers Karamazov
AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2011
Dimensions
Item Height236mm
Item Width145mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky
Series TitleNorton Critical Editions
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
EditorSusan Mcreynolds