{"product_id":"dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-a-readers-guide-hardcover","title":"Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: A Reader's Guide - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah a. Martinsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eA Reader's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on narrative strategy, psychology, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand ideology. Martinsen demonstrates how Dostoevsky fi rst plunges the reader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto Raskolnikov's fevered brain, creating sympathy for him, and she explains why\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emost readers root for him to get away from the scene of the crime. Dostoevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubsequently provides outsider perspectives on Raskolnikov's thinking, effecting a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econversion in reader sympathy. By examining the multiple justifi cations for murder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaskolnikov gives as he confesses to Sonya, Dostoevsky debunks rationality-based\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheories. Finally, the question of why Raskolnikov and others, including the reader, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efocus on the murder of the pawnbroker and forget the unintended murder of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLizaveta reveals a narrative strategy based on shame and guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah A. Martinsen\u003c\/b\u003e was Associate Dean of Alumni Education and Adjunct Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and former executive secretary of the\u003ci\u003e North American Dostoevsky Society\u003c\/i\u003e, Martinsen is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurprised by Shame: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e (Ohio, 2003) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky in Context\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783530709280,"sku":"9781644697832","price":203.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a5c9b473de38b9f26ae2d48017f811a5_e6bdd951-f0fa-4fa3-888f-a9a03e18f7eb.webp?v=1780589145","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-a-readers-guide-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}