Dostoevsky 1821-1881
by E.H. Carr
The bare events of Dostoevsky’s life – his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then exile in Siberia, his epilepsy, gambling, poverty and debts – go far to account for his strange intensity of vision. This biography, first published in 1931, traces his wayward development, from his strict and secluded childhood to his debut as ‘literary pimple’, through his years of anguish, to his maturity as artist and final apotheosis as Russian patriot.
Written some fifty years after Dostoevsky’s death, when the material necessary for a full study first became available, Carr’s classic study reflects an approach to the life and genius of Dostoevsky dominated by the concerns of the mid-twentieth century. With its illuminating chapters on each of the great novels and its stylistic precision, this treatment of Dostoevsky remains a perfect introduction to the man, both as a novelist and as a human being.
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Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr CBE FBA (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography. Carr was best known for *A History of Soviet Russia*, a 14-volume history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1929 including *The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923* (3 vols.), *The Interregnum*, 1923-1924 (1 vols.), *Socialism in One Country, 1924-1926* (3 vols.), *Foundations of a Planned Economy, 1926-1929* (3 vols.), for his writings on international relations, particularly *The Twenty Years' Crisis*, and for his book *What Is History?* in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices. **Source**: [E. H. Carr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Carr) on Wikipedia.
Dostoevsky 1821-1881
by E.H. Carr
The bare events of Dostoevsky’s life – his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then exile in Siberia, his epilepsy, gambling, poverty and debts – go far to account for his strange intensity of vision. This biography, first published in 1931, traces his wayward development, from his strict and secluded childhood to his debut as ‘literary pimple’, through his years of anguish, to his maturity as artist and final apotheosis as Russian patriot.
Written some fifty years after Dostoevsky’s death, when the material necessary for a full study first became available, Carr’s classic study reflects an approach to the life and genius of Dostoevsky dominated by the concerns of the mid-twentieth century. With its illuminating chapters on each of the great novels and its stylistic precision, this treatment of Dostoevsky remains a perfect introduction to the man, both as a novelist and as a human being.
Literary CollectionsRussian & Soviet
RELEASED2014
PUBLISHERRoutledge
LENGTH258
LANGUAGEEN
Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr CBE FBA (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography. Carr was best known for *A History of Soviet Russia*, a 14-volume history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1929 including *The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923* (3 vols.), *The Interregnum*, 1923-1924 (1 vols.), *Socialism in One Country, 1924-1926* (3 vols.), *Foundations of a Planned Economy, 1926-1929* (3 vols.), for his writings on international relations, particularly *The Twenty Years' Crisis*, and for his book *What Is History?* in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecting traditional historical methods and practices. **Source**: [E. H. Carr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Carr) on Wikipedia.
