19th Century Russian Literature - Literary Criticism

Dostoevsky And The Dynamics Of Religious Experience

Name: Dostoevsky And The Dynamics Of Religious Experience
Author: Malcolm Jones
ISBN: 9781843312055

by Malcolm Jones

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Overview

This addition to Dostoevsky studies deals with the religious dimension of the novelist's life and fiction. Malcolm Jones takes a fresh reading of Dostoevsky's representation of religion in his fictional world, that allows for both mystery and fear. The spiritual map of human experience that Dostoevsky offers, argues the author, includes only the occasional small island of serenity in vast, turbulent oceans of doubt, rebellion, rejection, indifference and unbelief.

Synopsis

One of the world’s foremost experts on Dostoevsky presents a new study, focusing on the religious concerns of the enigmatic author.

About the Author, Malcolm Jones

Dr Malcolm Jones is Emeritus Professor in Residence at the University of Nottingham. He is a former President of the International Dostoevsky Society, of which he was a founding member in 1971, and this brings him into regular and frequent contact with other Dostoevsky scholars in Russia. One of the foremost scholars on Dostoevsky, his publications include Dostoevsky after Bakhtin (Cambridge University Press, 1990) and Dostoevsky: The Novel of Discord (Barnes & Noble, 1976).