A Writer's Diary Volume 2 1877-1881 |
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Author:
| Dostoevsky, Fyodor |
Notes by:
| Lantz, Kenneth |
Translator:
| Lantz, Kenneth |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-1517-0 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the second volume of the complete collection of writings that has been called Dostoevsky's boldest experiment with literary form; it is a uniquely encyclopedic forum of fictional and nonfictional genres. The
Diary's radical format was matched by the extreme range of its contents. In a single frame it incorporated an astonishing variety of material: short stories; humorous sketches; reports on sensational crimes; historical predictions; portraits of famous...
More Description This is the second volume of the complete collection of writings that has been called Dostoevsky's boldest experiment with literary form; it is a uniquely encyclopedic forum of fictional and nonfictional genres. The Diary's radical format was matched by the extreme range of its contents. In a single frame it incorporated an astonishing variety of material: short stories; humorous sketches; reports on sensational crimes; historical predictions; portraits of famous people; autobiographical pieces; and plans for stories, some of which were never written while others appeared in the Diary itself.