TY - GEN T1 - Dostoevsky and the novel T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Holquist, Michael, 1935-2016 LA - English PP - Princeton, New Jersey ; Surrey, England PB - Princeton University Press YR - 1977 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn905864379 AB - What place do Dostoevsky's works occupy in the history of the novel? To answer this question, Michael Holquist focuses on the formal aspects of Dostoevskian narrative. The author argues that the novel is a genre that constantly seeks its own identity: we still do not know what it is, since the uniqueness of its members defines the class to which it belongs. This anomaly explains the central role of the novel for Russians, perplexed as they were in the nineteenth century by idiosyncrasies that hindered development of a coherent national identity. Michael Holquist shows that the generic imp. OP - 216 NO - Includes index. CN - PG3328.Z6 .H6 1977eb SN - 9781400869510 SN - 140086951X SN - 0691063427 SN - 9780691063423 SN - 9780691610047 SN - 0691610045 KW - Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, : 1821-1881 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, : 1821-1881 KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : Russian & Former Soviet Union. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -