Dostoevsky's Idiot: Dialogue and the Spiritually Good Life

By Bruce French

Prince Myshkin is one of Dostoevsky's most perplexing creations. In this study, Bruce A. French presents a provocative interpretation of the religious dimension of Myshkin's goodness from a Bakhtinian perspective.

In three chapters, French takes up in turn the narrator and narrative points of view, the author's use of inserted narratives, and three modes of interaction French calls Monologue, Dialogue, and Dialogical Living.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810117452
• ISBN13: 9780810117457
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"