Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky: Transposing Novels Into Opera, Film, and Drama

by Alexander Burry

Since their publication, the works of Dostoevsky have provided rich fodder for adaptations to opera, film, and drama. While Dostoevsky gave his blessing to the idea of adapting his work to other forms, he believed that "each art form corresponds to a series of poetic thoughts, so that one idea cannot be expressed in another non-corresponding form." In Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky, Alexander Burry argues that twentieth-century adaptations (which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810127156
• ISBN13: 9780810127159
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"