Contents

pp v-vii

List of illustrations

pp viii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xvii

Note on citation, transliteration, glossary, and dates

pp xviii-xix

Chronology

pp xx-xxiv

1 - Introduction: the many worlds of Dostoevsky

pp 1-8

PART I - SOCIAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS

pp 9-10

i - CHANGING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE

pp 11-12

2 - The Great Reforms and the new courts

pp 13-21

3 - The abolition of serfdom

pp 22-29

4 - Punishment and crime

pp 30-38

5 - Socialism, utopia, and myth

pp 39-47

6 - Nihilism and terrorism

pp 48-57

7 - The “woman question,” women's work, women's options

pp 58-65

8 - The economy and the print market

pp 66-74

ii - POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

pp 75-76

9 - Russian monarchy and the people

pp 77-85

10 - Empire

pp 86-97

11 - Service ranks

pp 98-105

12 - Education

pp 106-113

13 - Science, technology, and medicine

pp 114-121

14 - Jews, race, and biology

pp 122-130

15 - Suicide

pp 131-138

16 - Children

pp 139-147

17 - Gambling

pp 148-156

iii - SPACE AND PLACE

pp 157-158

18 - Symbolic geography

pp 159-167

19 - St. Petersburg

pp 168-175