Dostoevsky's Religion

by Steven Cassedy

Book Overview

Any reader of Dostoevsky is immediately struck by the importance of religion within the world of his fiction. That said, it is very difficult to locate a coherent set of religious beliefs within Dostoevsky's works, and to argue that the writer embraced these beliefs. This book provides a trenchant reassessment of his religion by showing how Dostoevsky used his writings as the vehicle for an intense probing of the nature of Christianity, of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804751374
• ISBN13: 9780804751377
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"