Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition

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George Pattison, Diane Oenning Thompson
Cambridge University Press, Sep 6, 2001 - Literary Collections - 281 pages
Dostoevsky is one of Russia's greatest novelists and a major influence in modern debates about religion, both in Russia and the West. This collection brings together Western and Russian perspectives on the issues raised by the religious element in his work. The aim of this collection is not to abstract Dostoevsky's religious 'teaching' from his literary works, but to explore the interaction between his Christian faith and his writing. The essays cover such topics as temptation, grace and law, Dostoevsky's use of the gospels and hagiography, Trinitarianism, and the Russian tradition of the veneration of icons, as well as reading aloud, and dialogism. In addition to an exploration of the impact of the Christian tradition on Dostoevsky's major novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, there are also discussions of lesser-known works such as The Landlady and A Little Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree.
 

Contents

Dostoevsky and the kenotic tradition
31
Dostoevskys markings in the Gospel according to St John
41
Icons in Dostoevskys works
51
Problems of the biblical word in Dostoevskys poetics
69
page vii
153
Reading and incarnation in Dostoevsky
156
Towards an iconography of Crime and Punishment
173
Humiliation as Christian necessity
226
Bibliography
257
130
274
Index
275
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