Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment": A Reader's Guide by Deborah A. Martinsen (E

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" by Deborah A. Martinsen A chapter-by-chapter guide to Dostoevskys most popular novel that reveals how Crime and Punishment works. Narrative strategy, why the novel is not a whodunit but whydunit, and clear explanations of the novels ideological debates. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Crime and Punishment: A Readers Guide focuses on narrative strategy, psychology, and ideology. Martinsen demonstrates how Dostoevsky first plunges the reader into Raskolnikovs fevered brain, creating sympathy for him, and she explains why most readers root for him to get away from the scene of the crime. Dostoevsky subsequently provides outsider perspectives on Raskolnikovs thinking, effecting a conversion in reader sympathy. By examining the multiple justifications for murder Raskolnikov gives as he confesses to Sonya, Dostoevsky debunks rationality-based theories. Finally, the question of why Raskolnikov and others, including the reader, focus on the murder of the pawnbroker and forget the unintended murder of Lizaveta reveals a narrative strategy based on shame and guilt. Author Biography Deborah A. Martinsen was Associate Dean of Alumni Education and Adjunct Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and former executive secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society, Martinsen is the author of Surprised by Shame: Dostoevskys Liars and Narrative Exposure (Ohio, 2003) and co-editor of Dostoevsky in Context (Oxford, 2015). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Historical Introduction2. Overview3. Parts One and Two: Getting Away with Murder4. Parts Three to Five: In and Out of Raskolnikovs Mind5. Part Six: Last Meetings and EpilogueAppendix 1: Illustrations and MapsAppendix 2: Crime and Punishment ChronologyAppendix 3: Contemporary Critical ReactionsAppendix 4: Chronology of Dostoevskys Life Bibliography Review "In this extraordinary book, distinguished scholar Deborah Martinsen draws upon a lifetime of scholarship in Dostoevsky studies, narrative theory, and ethics, as well as decades of classroom teaching, to craft a riveting, efficient introduction to Dostoevskys great novel. Accessible, insightful, deceptively slight in size, A Readers Guide will offer something new to readers at all stages of their Dostoevsky journey: seasoned experts, teachers, students, and curious newcomers. … A great teacher and scholar lives on in the ideas [Martinsen] shares, the conversations she inspires, and the example she sets. From this book we learn fresh, bracing new ways of reading a text that we may have mistakenly thought that we fully understood. More importantly, we are inspired by this communication from an intellectual at the top of her game and by the guidance it offers as we seek to live ethical lives in our own thinking, writing and teaching."— Carol Apollonio, Dostoevsky Studies (2022: Vol. 25)"Deborah Martinsens Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment: A Readers Guide is a slim but erudite volume for readers and teachers of the 1866 novel. Martinsen synthesizes here the wisdom and experience of decades reading, discussing, analyzing, and teaching the novel… Her insights on characterization, emotion, and the subconscious are carefully and thoughtfully embedded in her analysis of Crime and Punishment. Rather than allowing that analysis to provide all the answers, however, she focuses on the questions that it raises. This gives Dostoevskys reader, using the Guide, agency in their path through the text. … Martinsen, a brilliant editor and interlocutor who brought Dostoevsky scholars together in conversation, has brought these connections to bear throughout the Guide, in mentions of others work in the text, the works careful footnotes, her overview of contemporary scholarship, and, finally, its considered bibliography. Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment: A Readers Guide is a project Martinsen saw to completion during the final months of her life and it is truly a gift for all teachers and readers of Dostoevskys novel."— Katherine Bowers, University of British Columbia, Russian Review (October 2022: Vol. 81, No. 4)"The complexity of Dostoevskys writing is… explored in a readable and rigorous manner in Deborah Martinsens Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment: A Readers Guide. Martinsens book follows the plot of Crime and Punishment, revealing the themes and issues explored, the multiple echoes throughout the novel and the various perspectives open to the characters. … Martinsens precise analysis deftly avoids any suggestion of a simplistic resolution to the novels complexity."— Llewellyn Brown, Forum for Modern Language Studies"A posthumous release by one of this generations foremost experts on Fedor Dostoevskii, Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment: A Readers Guide by Deborah Martinsen is every bit as erudite as its author…Surprisingly, before this volume, there had been no comprehensive readers guide to Crime and Punishment, save for readings and analyses that appear as parts of larger works. An exquisite resource and teaching aid, every page of this guide is packed with detailed analysis, citing major research to date. It is written for general readers but also provides tips and suggestions for teaching the novel. The information presented is for the most part known to researchers, yet even the most seasoned reader of Dostoevskii will find the guide useful, whether as a refresher course or convenient reference tool."— Lonny Harrison, Slavic Review Review Quote "Deborah Martinsens Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment : A Readers Guide is a slim but erudite volume for readers and teachers of the 1866 novel. Martinsen synthesizes here the wisdom and experience of decades reading, discussing, analyzing, and teaching the novel... Her insights on characterization, emotion, and the subconscious are carefully and thoughtfully embedded in her analysis of Crime and Punishment . Rather than allowing that analysis to provide all the answers, however, she focuses on the questions that it raises. This gives Dostoevskys reader, using the Guide , agency in their path through the text. ... Martinsen, a brilliant editor and interlocutor who brought Dostoevsky scholars together in conversation, has brought these connections to bear throughout the Guide , in mentions of others work in the text, the works careful footnotes, her overview of contemporary scholarship, and, finally, its considered bibliography. Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment : A Readers Guide is a project Martinsen saw to completion during the final months of her life and it is truly a gift for all teachers and readers of Dostoevskys novel." -- Katherine Bowers, University of British Columbia, Russian Review (October 2022: Vol. 81, No. 4) Description for Sales People Chapter-by-chapter analysis of Dostoevskys most popular novel Written for the general reader Includes strategies for teaching the novel as well as how to read the novel Martinsen draws on her two decades of experience teaching the novel in Columbias Literature Humanities, and teaching how to teach the novel Annotated bibliography of additional literature for further reading Details ISBN164469784X Author Deborah A. Martinsen Short Title Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment Publisher Academic Studies Press Series Cultural Syllabus Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 164469784X ISBN-13 9781644697849 Format Paperback Imprint Academic Studies Press Place of Publication Brighton Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2022-03-10 NZ Release Date 2022-03-10 US Release Date 2022-03-10 UK Release Date 2022-03-10 Pages 134 DEWEY 891.733 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-05-30 Subtitle A Readers Guide Alternative 9781644697832 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:140099151;

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