Wil Van Den Bercken

Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky - 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Adolescent', 'The Devils' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857289452
• Artikelnr.: 44457321

Autorenporträt

Wil van den Bercken is a Slavist and professor of the history of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). His publications include 'Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union' (1988), 'Holy Russia and Christian Europe: East and West in the Religious Ideology of Russia' (1999) and 'Aesthetics as a Religious Factor in Eastern and Western Christianity' (ed., 2005). He is editor-in-chief of the 'Journal of Eastern Christian Studies'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Religious Interpretations of Dostoevsky
The Realism of Dostoevsky’s Fictional Christianity
Christian Themes in ‘Crime and Punishment’
Religious Discussions in ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Adolescent’
Christian Voices in ‘The Devils’
The Spirituality of the Monk Zosima in ‘The Brothers Karamazov’
The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor: Literary Irony and Theological Seriousness
Dostoevsky’s ‘Grand Inquisitor’ and Vladimir Solovyov’s ‘Antichrist’
Physical and Divine Beauty: The Aesthetical-Ethical Dilemma in Dostoevsky’s Novels
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index of Names