The Resource Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide, John F. Desmond
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide, John F. Desmond
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- Summary
- "A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian counter-vision to the 'suicidal' ethos he has documented"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Dostoevsky and the road to suicide
- Notes on "Notes from underground"
- Crime and punishment: a modern case
- The idiot: Christ without Christ
- Demons: a cautionary tale
- The Brothers Karamazov: of darkness and light
- Walker Percy and the age of suicide
- The moviegoer: skirting the abyss
- The last gentleman: homeward bound
- Lancelot: what do survivors do?
- The second coming: finding home
- Love in the ruins and The thanatos syndrome: cautionary tales
- Isbn
- 9780813231280
- Label
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide
- Title
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide
- Statement of responsibility
- John F. Desmond
- Subject
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- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Suicide in literature
- Suicide in literature
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian counter-vision to the 'suicidal' ethos he has documented"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Desmond, John F
- Dewey number
- 809.3/93548
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN56.S744
- LC item number
- D47 2019eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Percy, Walker
- Suicide in literature
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Percy, Walker
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Suicide in literature
- Label
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide, John F. Desmond
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dostoevsky and the road to suicide -- Notes on "Notes from underground" -- Crime and punishment: a modern case -- The idiot: Christ without Christ -- Demons: a cautionary tale -- The Brothers Karamazov: of darkness and light -- Walker Percy and the age of suicide -- The moviegoer: skirting the abyss -- The last gentleman: homeward bound -- Lancelot: what do survivors do? -- The second coming: finding home -- Love in the ruins and The thanatos syndrome: cautionary tales
- Control code
- 1088436701
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813231280
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvcnt9mw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088436701
- Label
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the age of suicide, John F. Desmond
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dostoevsky and the road to suicide -- Notes on "Notes from underground" -- Crime and punishment: a modern case -- The idiot: Christ without Christ -- Demons: a cautionary tale -- The Brothers Karamazov: of darkness and light -- Walker Percy and the age of suicide -- The moviegoer: skirting the abyss -- The last gentleman: homeward bound -- Lancelot: what do survivors do? -- The second coming: finding home -- Love in the ruins and The thanatos syndrome: cautionary tales
- Control code
- 1088436701
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813231280
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvcnt9mw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088436701
Subject
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Suicide in literature
- Suicide in literature
- Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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