The Concept of “Book” in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Caterina Corbella

“…The article is intended as part of the project “The Role and the Image of Books in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot.” Rather than analyzing a particular book, the author focuses on the concept of “book” itself in the novel: where and how it appears and the connections it creates in the text, leading the reader to understand the meanings that Dostoevsky wanted to communicate through it. …”
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Cervantes’ Don Quixote in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Caterina Corbella

“…The article analyses the significance of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote for the understanding of the author’s intention in the novel The Idiot. The material presence of the book Don Quixote in Dostoevsky’s text assumes that the reader is familiar with Cervantes’ novel and will be able to trace all the necessary connections inside the text, taking into account not only the image of don Quixote, but also the whole novel, which Dostoevsky knew well and highly appreciated. …”
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The Lady of the Camellias and Madame Bovary in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Tatiana G. Magaril-Il’iaeva

“…The article analyzes the place and role of two novels, The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils (1848) and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1856), in Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot (1868). …”
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Nikolay Karamzin’s History in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Nikolay N. Podosokorsky

“…The article explores the influence of Nikolay Karamzin’s History of the Russian State (1818–1829) on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot (1868–1869). Karamzin’s historical and literary work significantly shaped Dostoevsky’s worldview from childhood and remained highly valued by him in adulthood. …”
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Russian History by Sergey Solovyov in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Nikolay N. Podosokorsky

“…The presence of Solovyov’s History of Russia in Dostoevsky’s artistic world is explored as a book within a book, using material from the novel The Idiot. Solovyov’s History fulfils the function of Holy Scripture for Rogozhin, who reads it in order to “educate” (rus. obrazovat’) himself, following Nastasya Filippovna’s suggestion. …”
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The Premonition of Death as a Test of Faith for the Characters of the Novel The Idiot by Tatiana N. Flegentova

“…In the Gospel, the last words of one of the villains crucified with Christ opened the way for him to forgiveness. The heroes of the novel The Idiot are immersed in “last minute” situations through the processes of telling, listening to stories about death penalty. …”
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I.A. Krylov’s “Fables” in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Nikolay N. Podosokorsky

“…In the text of the novel Idiot, only two Krylov fables are directly mentioned. …”
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Flaubert in Dostoevsky’s Work: The Role and Image of Madame Bovary in the Novel The Idiot by Tatiana G. Magaril-Il’iaeva

“…The article examines the role of G. Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary in the artistic space of F.M. …”
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Analysis of Scenes and Episodes in F.M. Dostoevsky's Roman Idiot

Subjects: “…f.m. dostoevsky's novel "idiot", composition, poetics, figurative and thematic structure, intertextual background…”
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The “Resonant Space” of the Russian Classic Novel: N. S. Leskov’s “Neglected People” and F. M. Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”

“…The article establishes poetic-typological correspondences between N. S. Leskov’s novel “Neglected People” (1865) and F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” (1868–1869). …”
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Reflections on the Role of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot by Tatiana G. Magaril-Il’iaeva

“…The article considers possible directions of research of the role of the novel by Alexandre Dumas père The Three Musketeers in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, since it is with the Three Musketeers that General Ivolgin compares himself, Epanchin, and Myshkin-father. …”
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Polish screenings of the russian novel (visual interpretations of novels of F.M. Dostoevsky Idiot and of M.a. Bulgakov Master and Margarita) by Galina Nefagina

“…Polish screenings of the russian novel (visual interpretations of novels of F.M. Dostoevsky Idiot and of M.a. …”
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“We Read Pushkin Together, We Read it All”: Annenkov’s Edition of Pushkin’s Works in the Novel The Idiot by Tatiana A. Kasatkina

“…The article examines the significance and purposes of the presence in the novel The Idiot of the Annenkov edition of Pushkin’s collected works. …”
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Dispute about Holbein as a dispute about faith: discussion around Fedor Dostoevsky’s novel ‘The Idiot’ by Anzhelika I. Vaskinevich

“…The article is devoted to the controversy around the painting by Hans Holbein the Younger "Christ in the tomb" and the novel "The Idiot" by Fedor Dostoevsky, where this picture is the central ekphrasis. …”
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The Book by J.B.A. Sharras about the Waterloo Campaign in F.M. Dostoevsky’s Novel “The Idiot” by Nikolay N. Podosokorsky

“…Waterloo” (1857), in F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” (1868). Dostoevsky bought this book in 1867 in Baden-Baden while working on his new novel. …”
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Email Romance? Elif Batuman’s 'The Idiot' as the Narrative of an “Unloving” Relationship by Spandita Das

“…Batuman’s debut novel The Idiot has garnered a great amount of critical attention for incorporating in its text emails that interweave the narrative of the first half of the novel. …”
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Space Beyond Time: The Tenth Chapter of The Apocalypse in the Crucial Metaphysical Scene of The Idiot by Tatiana A. Kasatkina

“…Dostoevsky comments on the words of the Angel directly in the novel’s text in an unusual way for that time. The mystery of the new existence of mankind beyond time was pondered by Dostoevsky back in 1864, in the record “Masha lies on the table...” — a record that underlies the main idea of The Idiot. …”
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Spatiotemporal Schemas of Progress and Stasis in Rose Macaulay’s Told by an Idiot: On Moving Forward and Going Round by Craig Melhoff

“…This article demonstrates how narrative sensemaking involves mapping social spaces onto physical structures with which they correspond image-schematically, focusing on the spatiotemporal coordinates of lines and circles as organizing principles of the storyworld in Rose Macaulay’s 1923 novel Told by an Idiot. This essayistic novel follows the Garden family from the late Victorian through the Georgian periods, reflecting on the interrelated patterns of circular stasis and linear progress that govern both generational dynamics within the family and their political, social and cultural backdrop. …”
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“THE IDIOT” BY F. M. DOSTOYEVSKY AND “LES MYSTERES DE PARIS” BY EUGENE SUE: COMMON GROUNDS by D. D. Sharapova

“…The article is about the influence of the “roman-feuilleton” on the novel “The Idiot” by F. M. Dostoyevsky. The article features a number of selected heroes (Nastasiya Filippovna and prince Myshkin) and situations which have analogues with the novel “Les mysteres de Paris” by Eugene Sue and the genre of “romanfeuilleton” (for example, repeated scandals, which are very important for the story, coincidences, parentlessness of the main heroes, love triangles, numerous dramatic scenes and storylines). …”
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The characters of prince Myshkin by F.M. Dostoyevsky and Jeshu Ha-Nocri by M.A. Bulgakov : (an attempt at typological comparison) by Alla Vladimirovna Zločevskaja

“…The typological correlation of the "perfect heroes" in the novels "Idiot" by F. Dostoyevsky and "Master and Margarita" by M. …”
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