Between Religion and Rationality (ebook)

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"Joseph Frank’s immense knowledge and virtuosic mastery of the material, his good humored tone and reader-friendly prose makes for a deeply enjoyable book. Indeed, Between Religion and Rationality is a remarkable and invaluable contribution to Russian studies."--Marina Ritzarev, European Legacy

"While the work will undoubtedly appeal to general readers, specialists will also find it valuable, particularly in the context of their teaching. Frank is able to masterfully distill large and complex themes into a few central points in a few pages, making his short essays a crucial resource for teachers short on time to prepare classes."--Kate Holland, Russian Review

"An unsurpassed master of making history familiar and close by vividly and scrupulously representing people swept up by the ideas of their age, Frank's new book is yet another testament to his standing reputation as one of the very best literary biographers of our time and one of the finest biographers of all times."--Clio

"This reconsideration of Dostoevsky's anti-Semitism illustrates Frank's chief qualities: profoundly knowledgeable, humanistic in his concerns, sympathetic to all sides, and, after all these decades of engagement, able to stand back and reflect about the large picture. If much of what he explores in these pages will be familiar to Slavists, his thoughtful commentary and sharp insights impart genuine pleasure and make this a book to enjoy."--Barry P Scherr, Slavic and East European Journal

"This is a wonderful and illuminating collection written for general readers. Yet any Russian specialist can also benefit from Frank's interpretations, which bear the stamp of his powerful and distinctive mind. This thought-provoking book is difficult to put down and the coda on Nabokov's lectures is a delight."--Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University0Introduction 1

Part I. C lassics
Chapter One: Poor Folk and House of the Dead 9
Chapter Two: The Idiot 29
Chapter Three: Demons 46
Chapter Four: War and Peace 64

Part II. The Russian Tradition
Chapter Five: Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia 87
Chapter Six: A Life of Pushkin 107
Chapter Seven: Oblomov and Goncharov 118
Chapter Eight: Lydia Ginzburg, On Psychological Prose 129
Chapter Nine: Richard Pipes, Russian Conservatism and Its Critics 143

Part III. The Dostoevskian Orbit
Chapter Ten: Dostoevsky and Anti-Semitism 159
Chapter Eleven: In Search of Dostoevsky 173
Chapter Twelve: Arkady Kovner 185
Chapter Thirteen: J. M. Coetzee, The Master of Petersburg 196
Chapter Fourteen: Dostoevsky and Evil 204

Part IV. Twentieth-Century Issues
Chapter Fifteen: Anton Chekhov 219
Chapter Sixteen: The Triumph of Abram Tertz 230
Chapter Seventeen: D. S. Mirsky 249
Chapter Eighteen: Vladimir Nabokov: Lectures on Literature 261
Index 287