Translated from the Russian and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky
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One of Dostoevsky’s early letters has recently been published in Russia. It gives quite a clear picture of his state of mind during the first years of his literary activity.
Popular estimates and explanations of that peculiar institution, the Southern demagogue, have undergone an interesting transition during the last decade. Back in the ‘twenties the analysis was simple enough. Across the human geography of...
