Dimensions of Laughter in Crime and Punishment

• Author(s): John Spiegel,
• Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
• Pages: 168
• ISBN_10: 1575910373
  ISBN_13: 9781575910376
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Russian & Soviet ,

Description:... "The present study offers new insights into the utilization of belletristic laughter not only in Crime and Punishment but also in the rest of Dostoevsky's major works. Additionally, it seeks to demonstrate that Dostoevsky's use of laughter bears a certain resemblance to the technique of other authors who employ laughter for artistic purposes - Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Umberto Eco among them."--BOOK JACKET.