Dostoevsky’s “Demons” illustrates this historical process, and the best part of it is the satiric treatment of what Dostoevsky himself was in the 1840s, an idealistic liberal. The character who ...

Ten minutes ago, I finished reading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Demons. Thus, my impressions are raw, but I want to record them before I learn what the professional literati class has decreed about this book, ...

As a professor of Russian literature, I’ve come to realize that it’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, with its riotous ...

Dostoevsky's novel Demons, linked his political nightmare of socioeconomic instability to unhinged impulses and the breakdown of civility. Donald Trump's rhetoric threatens to propel America in the ...

The bicentenary of the Russian master Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) is being celebrated around the world with re-issues of his celebrated novels, renewed critical appreciation of his works, plays and ...

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