All over, people changing their votes, along with their overcoats, If Adolph Hitler were here today, they'd send a limousine anyway. -The Clash, "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" What, you may ask, is a “feuilleton”? Apparently it comes from French, but, what was surprising to me was it also passed muster with Word’s Spell Checker, which means … Continue reading The Petersburg Feuilletons
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Dostoevsky’s Early Years and Poor Folk – or – “The Dickensian Aspect”
The rule I’ve set for myself is to read up until the point where Frank treats of a particular text at length, then to stop, read that text, then read what Frank has to say about it, and then respond, both to Frank, but also, more importantly, to Dostoevsky’s work itself. The first 136 pages … Continue reading Dostoevsky’s Early Years and Poor Folk – or – “The Dickensian Aspect”
Speaking of Gambling and Prostitution…
I've begun my Joseph Frank/Fyodor Dostoevsky summer reading project - this is the first installment.
Original Positions 