{"product_id":"multi-mediated-dostoevsky-alexander-burry-9780810127159","title":"Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky: Transposing Novels Into Opera, Film, and Drama","description":"Since their publication, the works of Dostoevsky have provided rich fodder for adaptations to opera, film, and drama. While Dostoevsky gave his blessing to the idea of adapting his work to other forms, he believed that \"each art form corresponds to a series of poetic thoughts, so that one idea cannot be expressed in another non-corresponding form.\" In \u003ci\u003eMulti-Mediated Dostoevsky, \u003c\/i\u003eAlexander Burry argues that twentieth-century adaptations (which he calls \"transpositions\") of four of Dostoevsky's works--Sergei Prokofiev's opera \u003ci\u003eThe Gambler, \u003c\/i\u003eLeos Janacek's opera \u003ci\u003eFrom the Dead House, \u003c\/i\u003eAkira Kurosawa's film \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot, \u003c\/i\u003eand Adrzej Wajda's drama \u003ci\u003eThe Devils\u003c\/i\u003e--follow Dostoevsky's precept by bringing to light underdeveloped or unappreciated aspects of Dostoevsky's texts rather than by slavishly attempting to recreate their sources. Burry's interdisciplinary approach gives his study broad appeal to scholars as well as to students of Russian, comparative literature, music, film, drama, and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Burry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810127156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127159\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 01\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Alexander Burry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065162182911,"sku":"9780810127159","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b9903c7-043b-42ff-be49-2dd2b564f08e.jpg?v=1768673402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/multi-mediated-dostoevsky-alexander-burry-9780810127159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}