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Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky: Transposing Novels into Opera, Film, and Drama (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory) by Alexander Burry is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Since their publication, the works of Dostoevsky have provided rich fodder for adaptations to opera, film, and drama. While Dostoevsky gave his blessing to the idea of adapting his work to other forms, he believed that "each art form corresponds to a series of poetic thoughts, so that one idea cannot be expressed in another non-corresponding form." In __Multi-Mediated Dostoevsky,__ Alexander Burry argues that twentieth-century adaptations (which he calls "transpositions") of four of Dostoevsky’s works—Sergei Prokofiev’s opera __The Gambler,__ Leos Janacek’s opera __From the Dead House,__ Akira Kurosawa’s film __The Idiot,__ and Adrzej Wajda’s drama __The Devils__—follow Dostoevsky’s precept by bringing to light underdeveloped or unappreciated aspects of Dostoevsky’s texts rather than by slavishly attempting to recreate their sources. Burry’s interdisciplinary approach gives his study broad appeal to scholars as well as to students of Russian, comparative literature, music, film, drama, and cultural studies.

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Author

Alexander Burry

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780810127159

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Poetry