Crime and Punishment: The Coulson Translation, Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism, Paperback (3rd Ed.)
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Contributor(s):Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky Editor: George Gibian New footnotes have been added, based on discoveries by the leading Soviet Dostoevsky scholar, Sergei Belov. ""Backgrounds and Sources,"" highly praised in the Second Edition, remains unaltered. Included are a detailed map of nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, selections from Dostoevsky's notebooks and letters, and a crucial passage from an early draft of his novel. Noteworthy among the several new ""Essays in Criticism"" are a little-known but important passage by Leo Tolstoy on Raskolnikov; an essay by Sergei Belov; observations by the Russian literary theoretician and scholar Mikhail Bakhtin; and an essay by the Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz. A Chronology of Dostoevsky's Life and a Selected Bibliography are also included.  Review citations Newsweek - pg. 16 - 10/29/2007Newsweek - pg. 16 - 01/14/2008Newsweek - pg. 17 - 02/09/2009Entertainment Weekly - pg. 79 - 08/13/2010
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Fiodor Dostoievski a fost unul din cei mai importanți scriitori ruși, operele sale având un efect profund și de durată asupra literaturii, filozofiei, psihologiei și teologiei secolului al XX-lea. Cele mai cunoscute creații ale sale sunt cele patru mari romane, Crimă și pedeapsă, Idiotul, Demonii și Frații Karamazov, precum și nuvela Însemnări din subterană.