{"product_id":"reader-as-accomplice-alexander-spektor-9780810142466","title":"Reader as Accomplice: Narrative Ethics in Dostoevsky and Nabokov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader as Accomplice: Narrative Ethics in Dostoevsky and Nabokov\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Fyodor Dostoevsky and Vladimir Nabokov seek to affect the moral imagination of their readers by linking morally laden plots to the ethical questions raised by narrative fiction at the formal level. By doing so, these two authors ask us to consider and respond to the ethical demands that narrative acts of representation and interpretation place on authors and readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the lens of narrative ethics, Alexander Spektor brings to light the important, previously unexplored correspondences between Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Ultimately, he argues for a productive comparison of how each writer investigates the ethical costs of narrating oneself and others. He also explores the power dynamics between author, character, narrator, and reader. In his readings of such texts as \"The Meek One\" and \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e by Dostoevsky and \u003ci\u003eBend Sinister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDespair\u003c\/i\u003e by Nabokov, Spektor demonstrates that these authors incite the reader's sense of ethics by exposing the risks but also the possibilities of narrative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Spektor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810142465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810142466\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 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Alexander Spektor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431416877311,"sku":"9780810142466","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aad8628-4a99-4b73-b2e3-95d7f09be02f.jpg?v=1735141260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reader-as-accomplice-alexander-spektor-9780810142466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}