How Dostoevsky Portrays Women In His Novels: A Feminist Analysis

How Dostoevsky Portrays Women In His Novels: A Feminist Analysis
Tags: Katherine Jane Briggs

A new conversation between 19th century Russian literature and present-day feminist theology is initiated through consideration of Dostoevsky's art in relation to women and the Gospel. The biographical sketch describes Dostoevsky's public life as a novelist and journalist, and also his private life as a husband and father, including the personal relationships and events in his life which may be supposed to have influenced his writing about women and children.