Dostoevsky and English Modernism 1900-1930

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 11
THE ENGLISH HORIZON OF EXPECTATIONS......Page 21
DOSTOEVSKY AND THE PROBLEM OF ARTISTIC INTENTION......Page 33
CHAPTER 2 Prophetic rage and rivalry: D.H.Lawrence......Page 39
FIRST CONNECTIONS......Page 40
LAWRENCE, MURRY, AND DOSTOEVSKY: A TRIANGLE OF DISPUTE......Page 45
DOSTOEVSKY AND THE DISEASE OF MENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 54
OTHER WRITERS AND THEIR DOSTOEVSKY VEXATIONS......Page 57
TWINS OF PROPHECY: SUPRESSED NARRATIVE AFFINITIES......Page 59
THE GRAND INQUISITOR: TRUTH OF THE TALE, PERVERSITY OF THE TELLER......Page 64
RESPONSES FROM A MUTABLE MESSIAH: KANGAROO AND THE ESCAPED COCK......Page 69
CHAPTER 3 A modernist ambivalence: Virginia Woolf......Page 76
ENCOUNTER WITH AN ARTLESS SAGE (1912–1920)......Page 78
DOSTOEVSKY AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE MODERNS (1921–1925)......Page 84
A COOLING OF ENTHUSIASM (1926–1941)......Page 92
THE POETICS OF PARTIES: A LITERARY COMPARISON......Page 100
CHAPTER 4 Sympathy, truth, and artlessness: Arnold Bennett......Page 106
BENNETT AS PUBLICIST FOR TRANSLATION (1899–1911)......Page 108
CHANGING FICTIONAL VALUES (1912–1920)......Page 114
BENNETT AS MORALISTIC ADVOCATE, 1921–1931......Page 120
CHAPTER 5 Keeping the monster at bay: Joseph Conrad......Page 128
TURGENEV AS REFUGE FROM DOSTOEVSKIAN STORM......Page 130
THE RUSSIAN CIRCLE OF THE GARENTTS......Page 137
THE CZARIST BLIGHT AND DOSTOEVSKY......Page 143
EVOLUTION OF AN UNWONTED RIVALRY......Page 145
POINT/COUNTERPOINT: UNDER WESTERN EYES AND CRIME AND PUNISHMENT......Page 155
CHAPTER 6 Dostoevsky and the gentleman–writers: E.M.Forster, John Galsworthy, and Henry James......Page 166
FORSTER'S DISCOMFORTING ADMIRATION......Page 168
GALSWORTHY AND THE LIMITS OF GENTEEL RESTRAINT......Page 179
JAMES AND THE SACRILEGE OF ART......Page 185
PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA AND RAW YOUTH: A STUDY OF CONTRASTS......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 201
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 205
2 PROPHETIC RAGE AND RIVALRY: D. H. LAWRENCE......Page 211
3 A MODERNIST AMBIVALENCE: VIRGINIA WOOLF......Page 217
4 SYMPATHY, TRUTH, AND ARTLESSNESS: ARNOLD BENNETT......Page 223
5 KEEPING THE MONSTER AT BAY: JOSEPH CONRAD......Page 227
6 DOSTOEVSKY AND THE GENTLEMAN-WRITERS: E. M. FORSTER, JOHN GALSWORTHY, AND HENRY JAMES......Page 233
CONCLUSION......Page 238
DOSTOEVSKY AND RELATED WORKS......Page 239
ENGLAND'S LITERARY AND CULTURAL SCENE, 1900–1930......Page 242
GENERAL CRITICISM, CRITICAL THEORY, AND MODERN THOUGHT......Page 244
D. H. LAWRENCE......Page 245
VIRGINIA WOOLF......Page 246
ARNOLD BENNETT......Page 248
JOSEPH CONRAD......Page 249
E. M. FORSTER, JOHN GALSWORTHY, AND HENRY JAMES......Page 250
Index......Page 253