Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Fyodor Dostoevsky -- 1. Dostoevsky and the Road to Suicide -- 2. Notes on Notes from Underground -- 3. Crime and Punishment: A Modern Case -- 4. The Idiot: Christ without Christ -- 5. Demons: A Cautionary Tale -- 6. The Brothers Karamaz...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Washington, D. C.
Catholic University of America Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Desmond, John F., 1939-, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide] (2020) (Pattison, George, 1950 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dostoevskij, Fëdor Michajlovič 1821-1881
/ Percy, Walker 1916-1990
/ Suicide (Motif)
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,-1821-1881-Criticism and interpretation
B Electronic books B Percy, Walker,-1916-1990-Criticism and interpretation B Suicide in literature |
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Fyodor Dostoevsky -- 1. Dostoevsky and the Road to Suicide -- 2. Notes on Notes from Underground -- 3. Crime and Punishment: A Modern Case -- 4. The Idiot: Christ without Christ -- 5. Demons: A Cautionary Tale -- 6. The Brothers Karamazov: Of Darkness and Light -- Part 2. Walker Percy -- 7. Walker Percy and the Age of Suicide -- 8. The Moviegoer: Skirting the Abyss -- 9. The Last Gentleman: Homeward Bound -- 10. Lancelot: What Do Survivors Do? -- 11. The Second Coming: Finding Home -- 12. Love in the Ruins and The Thanatos Syndrome: Cautionary Tales -- Epilogue: Beyond Suicide -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (313 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8132-3128-0 |
