Fyodor Dostoevsky-The Gathering Storm (1846-1847)

Gaiton Marullo Thomas

Description

This second book in a three-volume work on the young Fyodor Dostoevsky is a diary-portrait of his early years drawn from letters, memoirs, and criticism of the writer, as well as from the testimony and witness of family and friends, readers and reviewers, and observers and participants in his life. The result of an exhaustive search of published materials on Dostoevsky, this volume sheds crucial light on the many unexplored corners of Dostoevsky's life in the time between the success of his first novel, Poor Folk, and the failure of his next four works. Thomas Gaiton Marullo lets the original writers speak for themselves-the good and the bad, the truth and the lies-and adds extensive notes with correctives, counterarguments, and other pertinent information.Marullo looks closely at Dostoevsky's increasingly tense ties with Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolai Nekrasov, Ivan Turgenev, and other figures of the Russian literary world. He then turns to the individuals who afforded Dostoevsky security and peace amid the often negative reception from fellow writers and readers of his early fiction. Finally, Marullo shows us Dostoevsky's break with the Belinsky circle; his struggle to stay afloat emotionally and financially; and his determination to succeed as a writer while staying true to his vision, most notably, his insights into human psychology that would become a hallmark of his later fiction. This clear and comprehensive portrait of one of the world's greatest writers provides a window into his younger years in a way no other biography has to date.

Sujets

• Former Soviet Union
• Chechenia
• Post-Soviet states
• Eastern Europe
• Russia
• History of Europe
• Chechnya
• Russie

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501751875
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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FYODORDOSTOEVSKY—THEGATHERING STORM (1846–1847)

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FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY—THE GATHERING STORM (1846–1847)

A L i f e i n Le t t e r s , Me moi r s , a nd Cr i t i cis m

Th o m a s G a i to n M a r u l lo

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Marullo, Thomas Gaiton, author. Title: Fyodor Dostoevsky : the gathering storm (1846–1847) : a life inletters, memoirs, and criticism / Thomas Gaiton Marullo. Description: Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, anCornell University Press,imprint of 2020. | Series: NIU Series inSlavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies | Includes bibliographicalreferences and index. Identifiers:LCCN2020003014(print)|LCCN2020003015 (ebook) | ISBN9781501751851 (cloth) | ISBN 9781501751868 (epub) | ISBN 9781501751875(pdf ) Subjects: LCSH: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881. | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821–1881—Correspondence. | Authors, Russian—19th century—Biography. Classification:LCCPG3328.M3842020(print)| LCC PG3328 (ebook) | DDC891.73/3 [B] —dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020003014 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020003015

Cover image: Konstantin Trutovsky,FyodorPortrait of Dostoyevsky, 1847. Collection of the State Literary Museum, Moscow, Russia (accession no. KP 35716/436).

For Jeff Brooks, colleagueandfriend

Contents

Note on the First Volumeix Prefacexi

Introduction I. Pride before the Fall: Belinsky and the Aftermath ofPoor Folk II. Havens from the Storms: The Vielgorskys, Beketovs, and Maykovs III. The Psycho-Spiritual Turn:The Double, “Mr. Prokharchin,” “The Landlady,” and “A Novel in Nine Letters”

Conclusion

Directory of Prominent Names207 Notes215 Source Notes 233 Index243

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N ot e o n t h e F i r s t Vo l u m e

Fyodor Dostoevsky—In the Beginning (1821–1845): A Life in Letters, Memoirs, and Criticism,thefirmelutusodyfitsanerhtov-e the writer’s early life and work, focuses on the images and ideas, and on the people, places, and events, that influenced Dostoevsky in the first twenty- four years of his life. It renders the writer in a new and seminal way: a diary- portrait of Dostoevsky drawn from letters, memoirs, and criticism of the writer, as well as the witness and testimony of family and friends, readers and reviewers, observers and participants as he stepped forward into existence. Each of the three parts ofFyodor Dostoevsky—In the Beginningincludes a wide selection of excerpts from primary sources, arranged chronologically and thematically. Prominent sources include the memoirs or notes of Dos- toevsky’s brother Andrei, his daughter Lyubov, and his friend and roommate Alexander Rizemkampf; letters between Dostoevsky’s parents, between Dostoevsky and his older brother Mikhail, and between both siblings and their father; and quotations from Orest Miller and Nikolai Strakhov’s 1883 biography of Dostoevsky and from Dostoevsky’s owna WriterDiary of . AnimportantaspectofFyodor Dostoevsky—In the Beginningis the debunk- ing of clichés and misinformation, particularly about the writer’s family, such as time-honored assertions that Dostoevsky’s father was murdered by the serfs, and that he was so at odds with his sons Fyodor and Mikhail over money and vocation that they wished him dead. Indeed, from the pan- tomime villain of legend, Dostoevsky’s father emerges from the study of primary materials as a caring and solicitous parent to his children and as a tender and loving spouse to his wife. Thefirstpart,“AllintheFamily,”considersDostoevsky’searlyformation and schooling—his time in city and country, and his ties to his family, particu- larly his parents. The second part, “To Petersburg,” features Dostoevsky’s early days in Russia’s imperial city, his years at the Main Engineering Acad- emy, and the death of his father. The third part, “Darkness before Dawn,” deals with the writer’s youthful struggles and strivings, culminating in the

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