{"product_id":"dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-a-readers-guide-paperback","title":"Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: A Reader's Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah a. Martinsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment: A Reader's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on narrative strategy, psychology, and ideology. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartinsen demonstrates how Dostoevsky first plunges the reader into Raskolnikov's fevered brain, creating sympathy for him, and she explains why most readers root for him to get away from the scene of the crime. Dostoevsky subsequently provides outsider perspectives on Raskolnikov's thinking, effecting a conversion in reader sympathy. By examining the multiple justifications for murder Raskolnikov gives as he confesses to Sonya, Dostoevsky debunks rationality-based theories. Finally, the question of why Raskolnikov and others, including the reader, focus on the murder of the pawnbroker and forget the unintended murder of Lizaveta reveals a narrative strategy based on shame and guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah A. Martinsen\u003c\/b\u003e was Associate Dean of Alumni Education and Adjunct Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Past president of the International Dostoevsky Society and former executive secretary of the\u003ci\u003e North American Dostoevsky Society\u003c\/i\u003e, Martinsen is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurprised by Shame: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e (Ohio, 2003) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky in Context\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50354568954093,"sku":"9781644697849","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/URWVAglYTq9781644697849.webp?v=1785317524","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/dostoevskys-crime-and-punishment-a-readers-guide-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}