Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

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Bloom's Notes - Crime and Punishment (891.73 FYO)
Offers a wide selection of critical analyses by renowned scholars, as well as concise biographical and bibliographical information and a comprehensive thematic discussion of the plot.  Also includes thematic and structural analysis, list of characters, and index of themes and ideas.
   

Novels for Students (REF 808 NOV Vol. 3)
Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of works from various cultures and time periods.
  • Introductory essays that place each novel in its historical and literary context
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  • A literary glossary that defines difficult terms
  • A timeline that juxtaposes literary and world events
  • Additional sources for further study
   

Literary Companion to World Authors -
Readings Fyodor Dostoyevsky (891.73 REA)
Contains in-depth biography of author, a chronology of their life and career as
well as concurrent historical events, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
   
Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov (891.73 RAS)
Explores Dostoevsky's characters through the following essays: Philosophical Pro and Contra, Raskol'nikov's Humanitarianism, Raskol'nikov and the Myth Experience, Faskolnivo's Dream in Crime and Punishiment, The Two Faces of Svidrigailov, Raskolnikov's Confession, Svidrigailov and the "Performing Self", Pathological Narcissism and Violence in Dostoevkii's Svidrigalov, Raskolnikov's Sexuality, Motive and Symbol: "Crime and Punishment", and more.

 

 Online Resources:


 

Scribner's Writers Series
Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner Print Series.
     

  Student Research Center Contains thousands of online  primary documents, biographies, topical essays, 
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  The Twayne Authors Series
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 Internet Resources:

 

Biography: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky: www.helium.com/items/437407-fyodor-mikhailovich-dostoyevsky-before

Crime and Punishment - Critical Overview: http://www.answers.com/topic/crime-and-punishment-novel-6

Crime and Punishment - Historical Context: http://www.answers.com/topic/crime-and-punishment-novel-5

Dostoevsky, F.M. 1821-1881: http://www.fmdostoyevsky.com/

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/courses/previous/ru351/novels/cp/CP.shtml

Dreams, Devils and Dominion: A Study in Pride and Guilt in Dostoevsky: http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/courses/previous/ru351/studentpapers/Dreams.shtml

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881): http://dostoyevsky.thefreelibrary.com/

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: www.e-text.org/text/Dostoevsky%20-Fyodor%20%20Crime%20and%20Punishment.doc

Lesson 9, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: http://www1.umn.edu/lol-russ/hpgary/Russ3421/lesson9.htm

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