The Brothers Karamazov by Robin Feuer Miller

The Brothers Karamazov by Robin Feuer Miller

When The Brothers Karamazov first appeared, it stirred the intellectual community of Russia like no other work before or since. Readers of all backgrounds rushed to hail Dostoevsky's genius and his compelling novel of good and evil, and the book later hurtled to international renown as translations appeared in language after language. Devotees from Freud to Sartre have been caught up by its engrossing plot of parricide, which intertwines with numerous skillfully woven subplots. These mirror each other in theme and structure while intricately stitching together a diverse set of characters, who reflect the rich variety of Russian society. The famous chapter The Grand Inquisitor still draws praise as a timeless exploration of the problem of evil. In The Brothers Karamazov: Worlds of the Novel Robin Feuer Miller alerts the reader to the internal rhymes and resonances of Dostoevsky's complex masterpiece and illuminates the philosophical and narrative riddles the novelist continually presents. Her detailed textual and stylistic analysis lays bare Dostoevsky's artistic and narrative strategies; among the many issues studied are guilt, parent-child relationships, and narrative techniques such as parody and comic foreshadowing of serious themes. An original approach to this masterwork, Miller's reading unifies seemingly disparate strands of the novel and clearly demonstrates its brilliance.

"It is thrilling to read The Brothers Karamazov with this companion volume—for Miller's book is designed to be read simultaneously with Dostoevsky's—and those who do so are transformed by the experience"—Cathy Popkin, Columbia University -- Cathy Popkin

"Robin Feuer Miller has reached a perfect balance between addressing structure and meaning: she approaches the novel as a world of metaphysical and moral choices embodied in the narrative form."—Irina Paperno, University of California, Berkeley

-- Irina Paperno

"An excellent introduction to The Brothers Karamazov. . . . Miller is remarkably successful in picking up and explicating all these echoes in their various transformation as they appear from one book to the other. The further she takes us, the richer Dostoevsky's text-and her text-becomes."—Russian Review

  -- Russian Review
"All praise to Yale University Press for reprinting Robin Feuer Miller's The Brothers Karamazov: Worlds of the Novel. Already a classic, this profound book is a must-read for all."—Deborah A. Martinsen, Christianity and Literature -- Deborah A. Martinsen * Christianity and Literature *

Robin Feuer Miller is Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities; professor of Russian and comparative literature; and chair, Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures, Brandeis University. Her most recent book is Dostoevsky’s Unfinished Journey, published by Yale University Press. She lives in Newton, MA.

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ISBN 13	9780300125627
ISBN 10	0300125623
Title	The Brothers Karamazov
Author	Robin Feuer Miller
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2008-09-23
Number of pages	192
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