Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction

by Rowan Williams

Book Overview

Rowan Williams explores the intricacies of speech, fiction, metaphor, and iconography in the works of one of literature's most complex, and most complexly misunderstood, authors. Williams' investigation focuses on the four major novels of Dostoevsky's maturity ( Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devils, and The Brothers Karamozov). He argues that understanding Dostoevsky's style and goals as a writer of fiction is inseparable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602583730
• ISBN13: 9781602583733
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"