{"product_id":"first-words-eng-9781618114822","title":"First Words (ENG)","description":"Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including \u003ci\u003eNotes from the House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, and “A Gentle Creature.” Despite his clever attempts to call his readers’ attention to these introductions, they have been neglected as an object of study for over 150 years. That oversight is rectified in \u003ci\u003eFirst Words\u003c\/i\u003e, the first systematic study of Dostoevsky’s introductions. Using Genette’s typology of prefaces and Bakhtin’s notion of multiple voices, Lewis Bagby reveals just how important Dostoevsky’s first words are to his fiction. Dostoevsky’s ruses, verbal winks, and backward glances indicate a lively and imaginative author at earnest play in the field of literary discourse.","brand":"Lewis Bagby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48277762703611,"sku":"9781618114822","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e8656aa2-969c-409b-8fc5-894d531c6b21.jpg?v=1776860065","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/first-words-eng-9781618114822","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}