Siblings in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
The Path to Universal Brotherhood
Seiten
2015
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-3157-6 (ISBN)
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-3157-6 (ISBN)
Brings to light the significance of sibling relationships in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. In close readings of their major novels, Anna A. Berman shows how both writers portray sibling relationships as a stabilizing force that counters the unpredictable, often destructive elements of romantic entanglements and the hierarchical structure of generations.
Anna A. Berman’s book brings to light the significance of sibling relationships in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Relationships in their works have typically been studied through the lens of erotic love in the former, and intergenerational conflict in the latter.
In close readings of their major novels, Berman shows how both writers portray sibling relationships as a stabilizing force that counters the unpredictable, often destructive elements of romantic entanglements and the hierarchical structure of generations. Power and interconnectedness are cast in a new light. Berman persuasively argues that both authors gradually come to consider siblinghood a model of all human relations, discerning a career arc in each that moves from the dynamics within families to a much broader vision of universal brotherhood.
Anna A. Berman’s book brings to light the significance of sibling relationships in the writings of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Relationships in their works have typically been studied through the lens of erotic love in the former, and intergenerational conflict in the latter.
In close readings of their major novels, Berman shows how both writers portray sibling relationships as a stabilizing force that counters the unpredictable, often destructive elements of romantic entanglements and the hierarchical structure of generations. Power and interconnectedness are cast in a new light. Berman persuasively argues that both authors gradually come to consider siblinghood a model of all human relations, discerning a career arc in each that moves from the dynamics within families to a much broader vision of universal brotherhood.
Anna A. Berman is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University, Canada.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in Russian Literature and Theory |
Verlagsort | Evanston |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 494 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Slavistik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8101-3157-9 / 0810131579 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8101-3157-6 / 9780810131576 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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