Description: This is a critical introduction to Dostoyevsky's work Professor of Peace concentrates on the four major novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov. He analyses them in detail, paying particular attention to theme, interprets complexities of structure and characterisation, and defines Dostoyevsky's literary achievement. His arguments are reinforced by extensive quotation in English.
Brief description: Richard Peace was Professor of Russian in the University of Hull and is now Professor Emerius at the University of Bristol, UK. His books include Dostoevsky: an examination of the major novels (1992), and the critical study of Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground (1993).