| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) |
| Series |
Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory |
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Studies in Russian literature and theory.
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| Contents |
The scaffold and the rod : Dostoevsky on the death penalty and corporal punishment -- Squaring the circle : the justice of punishment -- Forgoing punishment : Dostoevsky's third category and the case of Ekaterina Kornilova -- A mummy or a resurrected self? -- India rubber, the living soul, and the process of moral change -- Approximations of justice : the novel in the courtroom |
| Summary |
Dostoevsky's views on punishment are usually examined through the prism of his Christian commitments. For some, this means an orientation toward mercy; for others, an affirmation of suffering as a path to redemption. In this book, the author incorporates sources from philosophy, criminology, psychology, and history to argue that Dostoevsky's thinking about punishment was shaped not only by his Christian ethics but also by the debates on penal theory and practice unfolding during his lifetime |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-223) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Ethics
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 fast |
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Punishment -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Punishment in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Ethics
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Punishment
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Punishment in literature
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780810166271 |
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0810166275 |
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