Dostoevsky and the Catholic underground /

Blake, Elizabeth Ann, 1971-

Dostoevsky and the Catholic underground / Elizabeth A. Blake. - xiii pages, 292 pages ; 24 cm - Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory . - Studies in Russian literature and theory. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Silencing Catholic revolutionaries in house of the dead -- The generation of Dostoevsky's Catholic types in the 1860s -- The casuistry of revolutionaries in Crime and punishment -- Dostoevsky's portrayal of transnational Catholicism in demons -- Old Catholicism and the revolutionary inquisitor -- Roman vs. Russian justice in Brothers Karamazov and the Diary -- Conclusion.

9780810129573 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810129574 (cloth : alk. paper)


Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 --Religion.


Catholic Church--In literature.


Anti-Catholicism in literature.

PG3328.Z7 / R42236 2014

891.733