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"Let the Demon in: Death and Guilt in The Master of Petersburg," in Travelling Texts: J.M. Coetzee and Other Writers ed. Kucala, Bozena / Kusek, Robert
- Author(s):
- Hania A.M. Nashef (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Group(s):
- CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century, GS Prose Fiction, LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone, TC Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature, TM Literary Criticism
- Subject(s):
- Comparative literature, English literature, Literature, Literature, Modern
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Dostoevsky, j.m. coetzee, Master of Petersburg, The Devils, death, Modern literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6559T
- Abstract:
- Unlike his earlier novels, J.M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg, has not received the attention that it deserves from the critics. The novel, which is set in Russia not only draws on real aspects of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s life but also on certain events in the Russian author’s novels, specifically The Devils. Coetzee’s Dostoevsky is an aging author who is irked by the failure of his mental and physical faculties. His diminishing capabilities force him to continuously question the diabolic nature of the writing process. In this paper, I would like to discuss the tensions that form the basis of this novel, namely the old vis-à-vis the young portrayed by the parent and child relationship, and the intensifying nature of evil, reflected by actions, which invite the demon/muse in, a concept, which began with Stavorgin’s confession in The Devils.
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- Status:
- Published
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- All Rights Reserved
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