Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition.(Book Review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Coates, Ruth | Copyright information

Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition. Ed. by GEORGE PATTISON and DIANE OENNING THOMPSON. (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2001. xi + 281 pp. 40 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-521-78278-3.

Given the immense importance of Christianity to Dostoevskii's writing, and the equally immense body of critical literature on the author, it is curious how few volumes, relatively speaking, have been devoted entirely to this precise topic. Essay ...

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