{"product_id":"dostoevsky-and-the-catholic-underground-elizabeth-a-blake-9780810129573","title":"Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile Dostoevsky's relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake's ambitious and learned \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky and the Catholic Underground \u003c\/i\u003efills this glaring omission in the scholarship. Previous commentators have traced a wide-ranging hostility in Dostoevsky's understanding of Catholicism to his Slavophilism. Blake depicts a far more nuanced picture. Her close reading demonstrates that he is repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation, and modern manifestations. Dostoevsky saw in Catholicism not just an inspirational source for the Grand Inquisitor but a political force, an ideological wellspring, a unique mode of intellectual inquiry, and a source of cultural production. Blake's insightful textual analysis is accompanied by an equally penetrating analysis of nineteenth-century European revolutionary history, from Paris to Siberia, that undoubtedly influenced the evolution of Dostoevsky's thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth A. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810129574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810129573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.41w x 0.94d","brand":"Elizabeth A. Blake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065162543359,"sku":"9780810129573","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d18f375c-641f-481b-adb9-dc66102395d9.jpg?v=1768673403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dostoevsky-and-the-catholic-underground-elizabeth-a-blake-9780810129573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}