Dostoevsky as Suicidologist

Self-Destruction and the Creative Process

AvAmy D. Ronner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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In Dostoevsky as Suicidologist, Amy D. Ronner illustrates how self-homicide in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s fiction prefigures Emile Durkheim’s etiology in Suicide as well as theories of other prominent suicidologists. This book not only fills a lacuna in Dostoevsky scholarship, but provides fresh readings of Dostoevsky’s major works, including Notes from The House of the Dead, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. Ronner provides an exegesis of how Dostoevsky’s implicit awareness of fatalistic, altruistic, egoistic, and anomic modes of self-destruction helped shape not only his philosophy, but also his craft as a writer. In this study, Ronner contributes to the field of suicidology by anatomizing both self-destructive behavior and suicidal ideation while offering ways to think about prevention. But most expansively, Ronner tackles the formidable task of forging a ligature between artistic creation and the pluripresent social fact of self-annihilation.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-12
Mått:161 x 227 x 25 mm
Vikt:653 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
Antal sidor:356
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793607812

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Amy D. Ronner is professor emeritus of law at St. Thomas University and author of Dostoevsky and the Law.

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The book adds a valuable perspective to our knowledge of Dostoevsky’s novels. A law professor, holding a Ph.D. in English literature, Ronner writes with passion, eloquence, and erudition. The abundance of footnotes bears evidence to her painstaking work. The central thrust of her study is compelling and convincing. It vindicates the idea that being an accurate “tool” for understanding people’s behavior, great literature often anticipates the discoveries of sociology, anthropology, and psychology. The book reminds us that Dostoevsky recognized the importance of familial, religious, and social ties, and demonstrated the negative impact of individualism, egoism, and nihilism.

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AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction: Suicide as a Social FactChapter 2: Fatalistic Convulsions in Notes From the House of the DeadChapter 3: Egoistic Self-Deceminantion in Crime and Punishment and The IdiotChapter 4: Anomy in Demons and The Brothers KaramazovChapter 5: Conclusion: The Antonymous Creative ProcessBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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