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The life of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky, born in 1821, was a Russian realist writer. His childhood has been described by himself as happy and peaceful. His father died in 1839. Dostoevsky graduated as a military engineer but committed himself to writing. He has published many realist novels including "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov." Dostoevsky's family struggled economically except for the last ten years of his life. Dostoevsky died in the evening of January 28 1881. -
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's (1835-1910) style, based on vigorous, realistic, colloquial American speech, gave American writers a new appreciation of their national voice. For Twain and other American writers of the late 19th century, realism was not merely a literary technique: It was a way of speaking truth and exploding worn-out conventions. -
Mark Twain and his style
Mark Twain was the first major author to come from the interior of the country, and he captured its distinctive, humorous slang and iconoclasm. -
Realism for Mark Twain and other American realists
Throughout the 1800s for Twain and other American writers of the late 19th century, realism was not merely a literary technique: It was a way of speaking truth and exploding worn-out conventions. -
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) wrote fiction and essays in the realist mode. His ideas about realism in literature developed in parallel with his socialist attitudes. In his role as editor of the "Atlantic Monthly" and "Harper's Magazine", and as the author of books such as "A Modern Instance" and "The Rise of Silas Lapham", Howells exerted a strong opinion and was influential in establishing his theories. -
Dostoevsky and Murder
Dostoevsky's father was murdered by his own serfs in the late 1830s, which led him to be obsessed with murder as a subject in many of his greatest works, such as Crime and Punishment (1866)and The Brothers Karamazov (1881). -
Dostoevsky dedicates himself to writing.
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"Poor Folk"
The novel, "Poor Folk", was published in the almanac, St. Petersburg Collection, on January 15, 1846. It became a huge success nationwide. Parts of it were translated into German by Wilhelm Wolfsohn and published in a 1846/1847 magazine.[1] The first English translation was provided by Lena Milman in 1894 -
"The Double"
Shortly after the publication of "Poor Folk", Dostoyevsky wrote his second novel, "The Double." The book was published in February 1846, although it had already appeared in the journal Annals of the Fatherland on the 30th of January. -
The cause for writing.
Dostoevsky, after being arrested for his involvement in a radical group (the model for "The Possessed") he was abruptly notified that he was about to be shot, but was spared at the last minute and sent to Siberia for ten years. He also devoted another novel ("The House of the Dead") to the story of his time in prison -
The start of Realism
It was the time when Civil War ended and people felt depression and devastation right beside of them. People also could see the reconstruction and urbanization. Because of this “realistic” and “brutal” environment, Authors began to express realism in their writings. -
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The Age of Realism.
The writers of this period shared important qualities: great attention to realistic, detailed descriptions of everyday Russian life; the lifting of the taboo on describing the vulgar, unsightly side of life; and a satirical attitude toward mediocrity and routines. Although varying widely in style, subject matter, and viewpoint, these writers stimulated government bureaucrats, nobles, and intellectuals to think about important social issues. Realist authors include Fyodor Dostoevsky &Leo Tolstoy. -
"Crime and Punishment"
"Crime and Punishment" was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia -
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was primarily a journalist who also wrote fiction, essays, poetry, and plays. -
The legacy of Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane enjoyed continued success until his death—as a champion of the common man, a realist, and a symbolist. -
The works of Stephen Crane
Crane saw life at its rawest, in slums and on battlefields. His haunting Civil War novel, "The Red Badge of Courage", was published to great acclaim in 1895, but he barely had time to bask in the attention before he died, at 28, having neglected his health. He has enjoyed continued success ever since—as a champion of the common man, a realist, and a symbolist. -
"The Brothers Karamazov"
Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880. Dostoyevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner,[1] but he died less than four months after its publication.