Academic Studies Press - Travels From Dostoevsky's Siberia Encounters With Polish Literary Exiles - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Translations in Travels from Dostoevsky's Siberia gathered from archives and appearing in English for the first time offer a fresh look at Dostoevsky's House of the Dead from the perspective of his fellow inmates and Siberians who were imprisoned tortured and exiled by the regime of Nicholas I. Drawing on archival resources and illustrations introductory essays immerse the reader in the experience of the political prisoners who must navigate the criminal environment of verbal physical and sexual abuse by negotiating with inmates and authorities alike. These eyewitness accounts introduce the reader to Dostoevsky's unfortunates condemned to share his experience of Russia's carceral system with its interrogations denunciations and hostile spaces whose psychoses become the writer's obsession in his celebrated crime novels.
Title: Travels From Dostoevsky's Siberia Encounters With Polish Literary Exiles
Brand: Academic Studies Press
Barcode: 9781644690222
Pages: 226 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 6/10/2019
Series: Studies in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History
Category: International Relations