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The Idiot (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Edited by Alan Myers; Introduction by William Leatherbarrow
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Into a compellingly real portrait of nineteenth-century Russian
society, Dostoevsky introduces his ideal hero, the saintly Prince
Myshkin. The tensions subsequently unleashed by the hero's
innocence, truthfulness, and humility betray the inadequacy of his
moral idealism and disclose the spiritual emptiness of a society
that cannot accommodate him. Myshkin's mission ends in idiocy and
darkness, but it is the world that is rotten, not he. Written under
appalling personal circumstances when Dostoevsky was travelling in
Europe, The Idiot not only reveals the author's acute artistic
sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his
most incisive indictment of Russia's struggling to emulate
contemporary Europe and sinking under the weight of Western
materialism. This new translation by Alan Myers is meticulously
faithful to the original and has a critical introduction by W. J.
Leatherbarrow. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The history of ideas has played a central role in Russia's
political and social history. Understanding its intellectual
tradition and the way the intelligentsia have shaped the nation is
crucial to understanding the Russia of today. This history examines
important intellectual and cultural currents (the Enlightenment,
nationalism, nihilism, and religious revival) and key themes
(conceptions of the West and East, the common people, and attitudes
to capitalism and natural science) in Russian intellectual history.
Concentrating on the Golden Age of Russian thought in the
mid-nineteenth century, the contributors also look back to its
eighteenth-century origins in the flowering of culture following
the reign of Peter the Great, and forward to the continuing
vitality of Russia's classical intellectual tradition in the Soviet
and post-Soviet eras. With brief biographical details of over fifty
key thinkers and an extensive bibliography, this book provides a
fresh, comprehensive overview of Russian intellectual history.
The history of ideas has played a central role in Russia's
political and social history. Understanding its intellectual
tradition and the way the intelligentsia have shaped the nation is
crucial to understanding the Russia of today. This new history
examines important intellectual and cultural currents (the
Enlightenment, nationalism, nihilism, and religious revival) and
key themes (conceptions of the West and East, the common people,
and attitudes to capitalism and natural science) in Russian
intellectual history. Concentrating on the Golden Age of Russian
thought in the mid nineteenth century, the contributors also look
back to its eighteenth-century origins in the flowering of culture
following the reign of Peter the Great, and forward to the
continuing vitality of Russia's classical intellectual tradition in
the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. With brief biographical details of
over fifty key thinkers and an extensive bibliography, this book
provides a fresh, comprehensive overview of Russian intellectual
history.
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