Reader as accomplice : narrative ethics in Dostoevsky and Nabokov /
Spektor, Alexander.
Reader as accomplice : narrative ethics in Dostoevsky and Nabokov / Alexander Spektor. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2021] - xii, 243 p. - Studies in Russian literature and theory . - Studies in Russian literature and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Dostoevsky and Nabokov: The Case for Narrative Ethics -- Between Sin and Redemption: Narrative as the Conduit for Responsibility in Dostoevsky's "The Meek One" -- From Violence to Silence: Vicissitudes of Reading (in) The Idiot -- The Metaphysics of Authorship: Narrative Ethics in Nabokov's Despair -- The Dangers of Aesthetic Bliss: The Double Bind of Language in Bend Sinister -- Conclusion.
"This book argues that Fyodor Dostoevsky and Vladimir Nabokov seek to affect the moral imagination of their readers by linking morally laden plots to the ethical questions raised by narrative fiction at the formal level"--
9780810142459 (pbk.) 0810142457 (pbk.) 9780810142466 (hbk.) 0810142465 (hbk.)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 --Criticism and interpretation.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ethics in literature.
Literature and morals.
Narration (Rhetoric) --Moral and ethical aspects.
PG3015.5.E74 / S64 2021
Reader as accomplice : narrative ethics in Dostoevsky and Nabokov / Alexander Spektor. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2021] - xii, 243 p. - Studies in Russian literature and theory . - Studies in Russian literature and theory. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Dostoevsky and Nabokov: The Case for Narrative Ethics -- Between Sin and Redemption: Narrative as the Conduit for Responsibility in Dostoevsky's "The Meek One" -- From Violence to Silence: Vicissitudes of Reading (in) The Idiot -- The Metaphysics of Authorship: Narrative Ethics in Nabokov's Despair -- The Dangers of Aesthetic Bliss: The Double Bind of Language in Bend Sinister -- Conclusion.
"This book argues that Fyodor Dostoevsky and Vladimir Nabokov seek to affect the moral imagination of their readers by linking morally laden plots to the ethical questions raised by narrative fiction at the formal level"--
9780810142459 (pbk.) 0810142457 (pbk.) 9780810142466 (hbk.) 0810142465 (hbk.)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 --Criticism and interpretation.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
Ethics in literature.
Literature and morals.
Narration (Rhetoric) --Moral and ethical aspects.
PG3015.5.E74 / S64 2021