DostoevskyNew Directions, 1961 - 181 pagine This was the first publication in English in its entirety of Gide's critical study of the Russian genius. Albert J. Guerard notes in his introduction, "[This book] conveys . . . the excitement of intensely personal and sympathetic reading and the shock of recognition." |
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... idea , but by giving it a definite bias . If you want ideas to succeed , you must submit them one at a time ; or , better , to succeed , submit one idea and no more . It is not enough to invent a good medium of expres- sion ; it is a ...
... idea , but by giving it a definite bias . If you want ideas to succeed , you must submit them one at a time ; or , better , to succeed , submit one idea and no more . It is not enough to invent a good medium of expres- sion ; it is a ...
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... idea , and that is why it is never mere theorizing , but remains steeped in reality . It is the fruit of intercourse between fact and idea , a blending , in the proper English sense of the word , of the one with the other , so perfect ...
... idea , and that is why it is never mere theorizing , but remains steeped in reality . It is the fruit of intercourse between fact and idea , a blending , in the proper English sense of the word , of the one with the other , so perfect ...
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... idea than disbelief in God . I have all the history of mankind on my side . Man has done nothing but invent God so as to go on living , and not kill himself : that's the whole of universal history up till now . I am the first one in the ...
... idea than disbelief in God . I have all the history of mankind on my side . Man has done nothing but invent God so as to go on living , and not kill himself : that's the whole of universal history up till now . I am the first one in the ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION 1925 xvii | 9 |
DOSTOEVSKY IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE 1908 | 19 |
Copyright | |
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