Sergey Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism”. A Historical Document and Its Role in the Creative History of The Demons
The article consists of two relatively independent but interrelated parts. The first part considers S.G. Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism” printed in 1869 in Geneva in L. Tchernetsky’s printing house. Special attention is given to the fact that the text of “Catechism…” was printed in a cipher...
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oai:doaj.org-article:1786afdbacab41418165cb63991715372021-11-25T08:08:29ZSergey Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism”. A Historical Document and Its Role in the Creative History of The Demons10.22455/2619-0311-2019-3-162-1782619-03112712-8512https://doaj.org/article/1786afdbacab41418165cb63991715372019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dostmirkult.ru/images/DOST_2019-37-int-A-163-179.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2619-0311https://doaj.org/toc/2712-8512The article consists of two relatively independent but interrelated parts. The first part considers S.G. Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism” printed in 1869 in Geneva in L. Tchernetsky’s printing house. Special attention is given to the fact that the text of “Catechism…” was printed in a cipher invented by Nechaev. The article examines the circumstances of the discovering of a copy of “Catechism…” when arresting members of the clandestine organization “People’s Retribution” (Narodnaya rasprava), its deciphering in the course of the investigation committee’s work and its publication as part of the stenographic report about the trial of Nechaevtsy (9 July 1871 in Pravitelstvenny vestnik). The second part analyzes the role of “Catechism…” in the creative history of the novel The Demons, the first part of it having been printed in the journal Russkij vestnik by the time Dostoevsky could read “Catechism…” in the newspaper. The article shows the significant structure proximity of certain parts of “Catechism…” (first of all, “A Revolutionary’s Attitude Towards Society”) to the narrative composition of The Demons. The author advances a thesis of the defining role of “Catechism…” in the architectonics of the novel in total during Dostoevsky’s work on the second and the third parts of the Demons.Boris N. TikhomirovRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literaturearticledostoevskysergey nechaevpetr verkhovensky“a revolutionary’s catechism”ciphered texttrial of nechaevtsythe novel the demonscreative historyarchitectonicsSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665ENRUДостоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, Iss 3, Pp 162-178 (2019) |
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The article consists of two relatively independent but interrelated parts. The first part considers S.G. Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism” printed in 1869 in Geneva in L. Tchernetsky’s printing house. Special attention is given to the fact that the text of “Catechism…” was printed in a cipher invented by Nechaev. The article examines the circumstances of the discovering of a copy of “Catechism…” when arresting members of the clandestine organization “People’s Retribution” (Narodnaya rasprava), its deciphering in the course of the investigation committee’s work and its publication as part of the stenographic report about the trial of Nechaevtsy (9 July 1871 in Pravitelstvenny vestnik). The second part analyzes the role of “Catechism…” in the creative history of the novel The Demons, the first part of it having been printed in the journal Russkij vestnik by the time Dostoevsky could read “Catechism…” in the newspaper. The article shows the significant structure proximity of certain parts of “Catechism…” (first of all, “A Revolutionary’s Attitude Towards Society”) to the narrative composition of The Demons. The author advances a thesis of the defining role of “Catechism…” in the architectonics of the novel in total during Dostoevsky’s work on the second and the third parts of the Demons. |
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Sergey Nechaev’s “A Revolutionary’s Catechism”. A Historical Document and Its Role in the Creative History of The Demons |
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