{"product_id":"first-words-eng-on-dostoevskys-introductions-paperback","title":"First Words (Eng): On Dostoevsky's Introductions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Bagby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including \u003ci\u003eNotes from the House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"A Gentle Creature.\" Despite his clever attempts to call his readers' attention to these introductions, they have been neglected as an object of study for over 150 years. That oversight is rectified in \u003ci\u003eFirst Words\u003c\/i\u003e, the first systematic study of Dostoevsky's introductions. Using Genette's typology of prefaces and Bakhtin's notion of multiple voices, Lewis Bagby reveals just how important Dostoevsky's first words are to his fiction. Dostoevsky's ruses, verbal winks, and backward glances indicate a lively and imaginative author at earnest play in the field of literary discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Bagby\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Emeritus of Russian, University of Wyoming, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAlexander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky and Russian Byronism and editor of \u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Times: Critical Articles\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published widely on Russian Romanticism, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Bakhtin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48391776534777,"sku":"9781618118134","price":34.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9ZL_2wb859781618118134.webp?v=1778532801","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/first-words-eng-on-dostoevskys-introductions-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}