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Article: Dostoevsky and the Idea of Russianness: A New Perspective on Unity and Brotherhood.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- July 1, 2005
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Dostoevsky and the Idea of Russianness: A New Perspective on Unity and Brotherhood. By SARAH HUDSPITH. (BASEES/Routledge Curzon Series on Russian and East European Studies) London and New York: Routledge Curzon. 2004. x+228 pp. 60 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-415-30489-x.
With the completion of Joseph Frank's monumental five-volume study of Dostoevsky's life and work, not to mention a hundred years of Dostoevsky criticism sympathetic to, or focused on, his Christian and Slavophile thinking, the most difficult of tasks is finding 'a new perspective'. Sarah Hudspith, it becomes clear from the very beginning, is not just a sympathizer or a focused critic: she is a ...