This brief text assists students in understanding Dostoevsky's philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the Wadsworth Notes Series, (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON DOS...(展开全部)

Joseph Frank (1918–2013) was perhaps the most important Dostoevsky biographer, scholar, and critic of his time. His never-before-published Stanford lectures on the Russian novelist’s major works provide an unparalleled and accessible introduction to some of literature’s greatest masterpieces. Presented here for the first time, these illuminating lectures begin with an introduct...(展开全部)

Joseph Frank (1918–2013) was perhaps the most important Dostoevsky biographer, scholar, and critic of his time. His never-before-published Stanford lectures on the Russian novelist's major works provide an unparalleled and accessible introduction to some of literature's greatest masterpieces. Presented here for the first time, these illuminating lectures begin with an introduct...(展开全部)

普里德里格·奇乔瓦茨基（Predrag Cicovacki），1960 年生于南斯拉夫贝尔格莱德（现属塞尔维亚），现任圣十字学院（美国伍斯特市）名誉教授和英国剑桥大学高级研究员。 撰有专著13部，主编图书12部。文章及专著以多种语言公开发表，并以多语种翻译传播，包括英文、塞尔维亚文、德文、俄文、西班牙文、斯洛文尼亚文、马其顿文、中文、日文。近期主要著作有《向上凝视的伦理》（The Ethic of the Upward Gaze: Essays Inspired by Immanuel Kant and Nicolai Hartmann , 2024）、《上帝、人与托尔斯泰》（God, Man, and Tolstoy , 2022）和《生命的意义》（The Meaning of Life. A Quick Immersion, 2021）。

Joseph Frank's award-winning, five-volume "Dostoevsky" is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any language - and one of the greatest literary biographies of the past half-century. Now Frank's monumental, 2500-page work has been skillfully abridged and condensed in this single, highly readable volume with a new preface by the author. Carefully preserving the...(展开全部)

This volume, the fourth of five planned in Joseph Frank's widely acclaimed biography of Dostoevsky, covers the six most remarkably productive years in the novelist's entire career. It was in this short span of time that Dostoevsky produced three of his greatest novels - "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", and "The Devils" - and two of his best novellas, "The Gambler" and "The ...(展开全部)

乔治·斯坦纳(George steiner)，当代最杰出的知识分子之一，不列颠学会会员。1929年出生于法国巴黎，以德语、法语、英语为母语。先后在哈佛大学和牛津大学获得硕士及博士学位。曾任《经济学人》杂志编辑，后任教于普林斯顿大学、剑桥大学、日内瓦大学等知名学府，教授比较文学课程。研究领域涉及文学理论、比较文学，并提出了重要的“翻译四步骤”理论。斯坦纳著作等身，主要作品包括：《托尔斯泰或陀思妥耶夫斯基》、《悲剧之死》、《巴别塔之后》、《马丁·海德格尔》、《何谓比较文学》等。2007年，获得阿方索·雷耶斯国际奖。

乔治·斯坦纳(George steiner)，当代最杰出的知识分子之一，不列颠学会会员。1929年出生于法国巴黎，以德语、法语、英语为母语。先后在哈佛大学和牛津大学获得硕士及博士学位。曾任《经济学人》杂志编辑，后任教于普林斯顿大学、剑桥大学、日内瓦大学等知名学府，教授比较文学课程。研究领域涉及文学理论、比较文学，并提出了重要的“翻译四步骤”理论。斯坦纳著作等身，主要作品包括：《托尔斯泰或陀思妥耶夫斯基》、《悲剧之死》、《巴别塔之后》、《马丁·海德格尔》、《何谓比较文学》等。2007年，获得阿方索·雷耶斯国际奖。

“Cruelty, which is the ultimate negation of culture, could also mark its regeneration. In fact, cruelty opposes the extreme nihilism, the passive nihilism, in the form of indifference. Cruelty in disclosing its vicious side manifests at the same time its original vitality. It forces the nihilist to look deep in his/her protective barriers and to see beyond them. Purification is...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•弗兰克（Joseph Frank，1918-2013） 普林斯顿大学比较文学荣誉教授，斯坦福大学比较文学和斯拉夫语语言文学荣誉教授。代表作五卷本《陀思妥耶夫斯基》（1976-2002）曾获美国国家图书奖（传记类），两次（美国大学优秀学生联谊会的）克里斯蒂安•高斯奖，两次（现代语言协会的）詹姆斯•拉塞尔•洛厄尔奖，《洛杉矶时报》图书奖以及另外一些荣誉。另著有《现代小说的空间形式》（1991）、《宗教与理性之间：俄国文学与文化随笔》（2010）、《回应现代性：文化政治随笔》（2012）等。