The Legend of Rothschild as the “Napoleon of Finance” in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot

The article analyzes the Rothschild theme in the novel The Idiot, a motif strictly connected with the myth of Napoleon, in which Dostoevsky was keenly interested during all his artistic life. Both Napoleon’s and Rothschild’s features pertain to Napoleonic heroes such as Ganya Ivolgin and Ippolit Ter...

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Main Author: Nikolai N. Podosokorsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020-03-01
Series:Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал
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Online Access:http://dostmirkult.ru/images/2020-1/DOST_2020-19-32-51.pdf