Today we aren't used to novelists openly espousing such ardent religious belief. But faith in Christ formed the core of Dostoevsky's being and from it, as Mr. Frank shows, he confronted what he viewed as the ills and horrors—the demons—of his time. He took ideas personally, a friend [Nikolay Strakhov] once said, and actually "felt thought."
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Dostoevsky "felt thought"
Michael Dirda reviews the new one volume edition of Frank's Dostoevsky in today's Wall Street Journal:
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The Dostoyevsky of say Crime and Punishment...does at times sound quite religious. Raskalnikov undergoes a spiritual crisis (as well as financial....)--and really R's "crime" might be read as his ...rejection of religious tradition (tho'...he does sort of return to faith..and gets that gal as well). But FD does not forget that religious hypocrites may often be as sinister--or mo' than --criminals or street people...or somethin' like that.
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