Stanford Scholar on Dostoevsky's Continued Relevance

For 91-year-old Stanford scholar Joseph Frank, a newly published capstone volume in a six-piece series marks three decades of research on the Russian author.

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[edizzidydawg]

Than you Mr. Frank. I read your entire 5-volume biography of Dostoevsky and it was unlike any biography I've ever read. I highly suggest it to any Dostoevsky fan. He deals with subject matter as much as Dostoevsky's personal life and delves fully into the moral questions that Dostoevsky's work deals with. The year it took me to get through your series (I was in school at the time) will remain one of the fondest years of my life. I can't say thank you enough for the toil and time you gave.

[winnrsfcb]

I'm insanely jealous of anybody getting to sit and talk with Joseph Frank, nevermind talking about Dostoevsky..

[happinesson]

love talking and listening to old people...cause i know i can learn a lot from them. i admire him to come up with this book at his age.. learning is ageless..

[agapitoflores001]

Scholarships really help build brilliant people. Like him, a successful Stanford Scholar. He has done many things at his age.

[caleb1117]

... Okay, I have to say it, LAZY EYE!!!! Ah, that's better.

[TurnerEckhardt]

@edizzidydawg

You make it sound so appealing that I am going on ebay to buy these books immediately. Love Dostoyevsky!



[hede112358]

He not only introduced mystery but also an element of psychology that one might as well deem worthy of comparing to the work that came out of the field of psychology itself, at that age.

I think he was as good at analyzing patterns of human behavior as any expert of psychology (who was unable to access findings from other disciplines at the time, as studies in cognitive psychology advanced in parallel to and depending on those in natural sciences.) One of the greatest writers ever, love him =))

[unfortunatebeam]

yeah word up! Dostoevsky's da bomb. best writer of the 19th century imo.  Love his short works especially. Though i think this commentary on him a little weak...

[nbaonnbc64]

A ravishingly valid and thought-provoking review by a man of deep intellect. I appreciate Mr. Frank's considerations enormously; they've given me a finer understanding of Dostoevsky, man and author, than any other scholarly work on him. My debt to Mr. Frank is immense. Thank you, Professor.

[mouseofcards89]

Thank you, Mr. Frank. I haven't had the chance to purchase his biography yet, and I've heard that there may be a final instalment coming out sometime in the next few years. Therefore, there may be a final compilation...either way, I'm definitely going to purchase this when I have a couple of pieces of currency to rub together again. In my opinion, Dostoevsky introduced not only the murder mystery, but also most elements of contemporary fiction that are worth reading.