When the Unknown Becomes Known: Textual Criticism, Biography, Criticism (Review of Books Published by the RFBR Competition “Sources and Methods in the Study of the Legacy of F. M. Dostoevsky in Russian and World Culture”)

Abstract

Russian Academy of Sciences presents a number of books published by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research competition “Sources and Methods in the Study of the Legacy of F. M. Dostoevsky in Russian and World Culture.” They are Viktorovich V. A., Zakharova O. V. “F. M. Dostoevsky in Russian Criticism. 1845–1881”; “Dostoevsky’s Darovoe. Materials and Research” (edited by A. S. Bessonova); “Unknown and Little-Known Sources of the Biography of F. M. Dostoevsky in the Collection of the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature Named After V. I. Dahl: A Collective Monograph” (P. E. Fokin, A. V. Petrova, E. M. Varentsova and others); “New Archival and Printed Sources of the Scientific Biography of F. M. Dostoevsky. Collective Monograph” (edited by B. N. Tikhomirov); and “The Handwritten Legacy of F. M. Dostoevsky” (edited by I. S. Andrianova). The review presents the main topics and problems raised by the researchers, indicates the new archival documents and sources used by the researchers, the significance of the research undertaken by the authors for studying the biography and creative work of F. M. Dostoevsky and creating his new scientific biography.