After Reception Theory: Fedor Dostoevskii in Britain, 1869-1935

ISBN-13: 9781907975448 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 148 str.

Lucia Aiello

Opis

More often than not, monographs on the reception of an author are either detailed, chronologically organised accounts of the reputation of that author, or studies in literary influence. This study adopts neither of those approaches and deals with the reception of Fedor Dostoevskii in Britain from a double perspective.
The detailed analysis of primary sources such as reviews, essays and monographs on Dostoevskii is associated here with a critical investigation of the dynamics of the reception process. On the one hand, the available sources are examined with the intention of exposing their underlying ideological tensions and impact on British literary circles.
On the other hand, Fedor Dostoevskii's novels are shown to function as a prism, through which significant aspects of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British intellectual life are refracted. In the final analysis, by using Dostoevskii as an exemplary case study, this book develops both a methodology that aims at clarifying what we mean when we refer to 'reception' and a theoretical alternative to prevalent notions of reception.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Inner and the Outer: A Methodological Premise 1. The Introduction of Fedor Dostoevskii in Britain: A Difficult Start 2. From 'Morbidity' to 'Sickness': A Portrait of the Artist as a Degenerate Man 3. The Making of a Cult: Facts and Critical Perspectives 4. Problems of Dostoevskii Criticism 5. Conclusion

O autorze

Lucia Aiello