| The Grand Inquisitor Contributor(s): La Cruz, Jhon (Editor), La Cruz, Jhon (Translator), Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530724902 ISBN-13: 9781530724901 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.19 lbs) 26 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Grand Inquisitor" is a parable in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880). It is told by Ivan, who questions the possibility of a personal and benevolent God, to his brother Alyosha, a novice monk. The Grand Inquisitor is an important part of the novel and one of the best-known passages in modern literature because of its ideas about human nature and freedom, and its fundamental ambiguity. Scholars cite Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos as a major inspiration for Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor. However, it is also said that "The sources of the legend are extraordinarily varied and complex." |