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Dostoevsky's Ethics and Aesthetics
"Dostoevsky's View of Evil" by Richard Pevear
http://www.incommunion.org/pevear.htm
An abridged version of the introduction to Pevear and Volokhonsky's
translation of Dostoevsky's novel - Demons, in which Pevear argues
that the demons, for Dostoevsky, are ideas - the "isms."
"Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov"
by Joyce Carol Oates
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/southerr/karamazov.html
An essay discussing the Dostoevsky's work as "a novel in
the making."
"Dostoevski on Freedom" by G. J. Mattey
http://comm.ucdavis.edu/phi151/nov30lec.htm
A lecture note for a class entitled "Nineteenth Century
Philosophy" at UC Davis. Professor Mattey discusses the theme
of happiness/unhappiness as it relates to freedom in "The
Grand Inquisitor."
"Dostoevsky and His Theology" by James Townsend
http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1997ii/Townsend.html
An examination of Dostoevsky's theology in terms of Dostoevsky's
view of God and his treatment of Christ, sin, salvation, and eschatology
in his works.
"Dostoevsky's Theodicy" by Bruce Hansen
http://web.archive.org/web/20010822133946/http://hansen.byu.edu/hansenb/Thesis.html
A thesis submitted to Brigham Young University in 1996 examining
Dostoevsky's deep understanding of the problem of evil and how
Dostoevsky, drawing from his own life experiences, developed this
understanding throughout his works.
General Web Resources on Dostoevsky
The World of Dostoevsky
http://web.archive.org/web/20011025021729/http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/rkoprinc/dost/index.html
A bilingual site containing portraits of Dostoevsky at various
ages, links to online editions of his works, and visual and textual
information about Dostoevsky's Russia.
Middlebury's Dostoevsky Site http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/courses/previous/ru351/dostoevsky/F.M.Dostoevsky.shtml
Along with a brief biography of Dostoevsky, this site contains
online study guides, annotated bibliographies, and student papers
written for many of Dostoevsky's works.
Brandeis' Dostoevsky on the Interrnet Page
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/dostoevsky_links.html
A fairly extensive list of critical essays, Russian and St. Petersburg
culture sites, quotes, and other unusual miscellany on Dostoevsky.
Christian Staange's Dostoevsky Research Station
http://www.kiosek.com/dostoevsky
A site containing an annotated list of secondary source material
on Dostoevsky, a chronology of Dostoevsky's life, and a collection
of critical quotations from Dostoevsky's contemporaries.
Dostoevsky and Time
http://www.vex.net/~x/dostport/dost-chron.html
A timeline of Dostoevsky's life built from a compendium of sources.
A Chronology of Dostoevsky's Life
http://www.academic.marist.edu/nork/doslife.html
A simple chronology of the major events in Dostoevsky's life.
On-Line Versions of Selected Works and
Criticism
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
http://www.ccel.org/d/dostoevsky/
Online texts of Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment,
and Brothers Karamazov.
Concordances of the Collected Works of Dostoevsky
http://www.karelia.ru/~Dostoevsky/dostconc/alpha_e.htm
A Russian language concordance of all of Dostoevsky's works.
Online-Literature Site
http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/
Searchable Texts of Crime and Punishment, The Gambler, and Poor
Folks.
Online Text of Notes from the Underground
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Fyodor_Dostoevsky/Notes_from_the_Underground/
Online text of Notes from the Underground. Translator unknown.
Middlebury's BK Study Guide
http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/courses/previous/ru351/novels/bk/studyguide.shtml
This site contains a short biography of Dostoevsky, plot summaries
for each of the four parts of the story, character sketches and
analyses, book analyses, and a bibliography.
Middlebury's Notes from the Underground Study Guide
http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/courses/previous/ru351/novels/UGMan/ugman.html
This study guide includes discussions of the background of the
novel, some critical responses to the novel, and the symbolism
in the novel.
Study Guide for Notes from the Underground
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/underground.html
Written by Professor Paul Brians, Department of English, Washington
State University for a class titled "Russian Literature:
Middle Ages to Dostoevsky," this guide includes study questions
by page number.
Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground
http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/eh221/study-guides/dostoevsky.html
Study questions for each chapter and a thematic guide written
by Professor George Mitrevski, Department of Foreign Languages
at Auburn University.
Lecture on Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground
http://www1.umn.edu/lol-russ/hpgary/Russ3421/lesson8.htm
This site has a biography of Dostoevsky, critical responses to
Notes, some study questions and a discussion of general themes.
Russian Culture
Rollin's College Russian Resource Links
http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/russlinx.html
A large amount of useful information on Russian language and
culture, including, among other information, links to Russian-language
audio and news pages.
Bucknell Russian Studies Department
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/
Information on the culture, language, and literature of Russia.
Duke's Russian Literature Resource Guide
http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/slavic/lit.htm
An excellent compendium of library resources for studying Russian
literature.
The Problem of Evil / Relevant Philosophical
Influences
"The Problem of Evil" by Greg Ganssle
http://www.gradresources.org/worldview_articles/problem_evil.shtml
A lecture, delivered at Dartmouth College, examining the deductive
and evidential formulations of the problems of evil and their
relation to the nature of freedom.
The Problem of Evil in World Religions
http://www.comparativereligion.com/evil.html
A comparison of the views of evil in Buddhism, Hinduism with
those in Christianity.
The Concept of "Evil" in Buddhism and Lurianic Kabbalah
by Evgeny Torchinov
http://www.comparativereligion.com/evil.html
A synopsis of a longer paper written by Professor Evgeny Torchinov
of the University of Saint Petersburg, exploring the connections
between Buddhist and Jewish Mystical views of evil.
"Beyond the Problem of Evil" by Wayne Ferguson
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine/ferg
A paper by someone at University of Pennsylvania discussing the
approaches of Augustine, Nietzsche, and Spinoza to the problem
of evil.
Leibniz on the Problem of Evil
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-evil/
This site discusses two of Leibniz' views on the problem of evil:
"the underachiever problem" and "the holiness problem."
"God's Answer to Job" by Wes Morrison
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~morristo/phil2job.html
Published in the Journal of Religious Studies, this paper discusses
the problem of evil as presented in the Book of Job.
The Problem of Evil: How Can a Good God Allow Evil?
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/evil.html
Published by Prode Ministries, a group dedicated to reclaiming
"the primacy of Christian thought and values in Western culture
through media, education, and literature," this site examines
the problem of evil from logical, evidential, and religious perspectives.
"The Problem of Evil" by Denis McCallum
http://www.xenos.org/essays/evilpo.htm
Published by xenos.org, an online Christian community, this page
introduces three atheistic formulations of the problem of evil
and proposes a couple responses, the main response being the "free
will defense."
"Philosophy Since the Enlightenment" by Roger Jones
http://www.philosopher.org.uk
Written in a readable format, this site contains a wealth of
information on all of the major philosophical developments since
the enlightenment, such as romanticism, existentialism, post-structuralism,
God, moral philosophy, etc.
Philosophy 151 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy
http://comm.ucdavis.edu/phi151/PHI151.HTM
Developed by G. J. Mattey at University of California, Davis,
this site contains general information about various nineteenth
century philosophers, including Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky,
and Marx.
Existential Resources
http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist
A page containing a bibliography of works by and on various existential
philosophers, including Kafka, Heidegger, Satre and Kierkegard,
and links to other web information on existentialism.
Nietzsche's Labyrinth
http://www.inquiria.com/nz/index.html
Various translations of and commentaries on Nietzsche's major
works.
Historical Contexts in Brothers' Karamazov
The Russian Post-Emancipation Household: Two Villages in the Moscow
Area
http://www.uib.no/hi/herdis/HerdisKolle.html
Written by Herdis Kolle of the University of Bergen, this master's
thesis discusses the plight of the serfs in Russia.
Inquisition: Introduction
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/inquisition1.html
A part of Fordham's "Online Medieval Sourcebook," this
page examines the inquisition as judicial technique.
Spanish Inquisition Links
http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/exhibits/inquisition/text/links.html
A University of Notre Dame site with many links to Inquisition
related topics, including sections of links on history, documents,
current thought, Jews in the Inquisition, Galileo and the Inquisition,
etc.
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