NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Notes on Notes from Underground Introduction In the context of works we read in Liberal Studies, Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground strikes a new and very dissonant chord, although (as I shall mention later) the sound is one we should recognize clearly enough, if we are at all familiar with some of the more important "heroic" figures from twentieth-century literature. For in this work Dostoevsky is holding up for our inspection and appreciation (if that is …

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