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Carol Apollonio

Carol Apollonio

Research Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Slavic & Eurasian Studies
carol.apollonio@duke.edu
Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
310 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

CHEKHOV BECOMES CHEKHOV The emergence of a literary genius

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2023 Cite

SMALL FRY And other stories

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2023 Cite

Ascetism and Incontinence and Dostoevsky's Gift of Tears

Journal Article "Ф.М. Достоевский: Юмор, паракоксальность, демонтаж" Biblioteka di Studi Slavistici · 2023 Open Access Link to item Cite

Offended Sensibilities

Book · November 8, 2022 With this novel, Ganieva moves beyond the Dagestani setting of her previous award-winning books, published in English by Deep Vellum: The Mountain and the Wall and Bride and Groom. ... Cite

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2020 Cite

AND THE EARTH WILL SIT ON THE MOON Essential stories

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2020 Cite

On devils and doors: Raskolnikov’s ontology problem

Journal Article Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological Journal · January 1, 2019 In the novel Crime and Punishment, the shocking description of Raskolnikov’s crime and the mystery of its motivation have inspired a strong tradition of ethically-focused readings. The key to the novel’s emotional effect lies in Dostoevsky’s manipulation o ... Full text Cite

Chekhov's Letters Biography, Context, Poetics

Book · November 15, 2018 But the letters that remain give a vivid and detailed picture, both of Chekhov himself—his tastes, opinions, and proclivities—and of the people he is writing to, because the style of Chekhov's letters serves as a mirror reflecting his relationships& ... Cite

Simply Chekhov

Book · October 15, 2018 In Simply Chekhov, Russian literature scholar Carol Apollonio presents a thematic exploration of Chekhov's life and works that (lik ... Cite

Bride and Groom

Book · 2018 Cite

Dostoevsky in the lives of remarkable people

Journal Article Slavic and East European Journal · June 1, 2016 Full text Cite

Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature.

Journal Article RUSSIAN REVIEW · 2016 Cite

Antosha & Levitasha: The Shared Lives and Art of Anton Chekhov and Isaac Levitan

Journal Article SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL · 2016 Cite

Dostoevsky: Translator and translated

Chapter · January 1, 2016 Dostoevsky as translator Dostoevsky wrote during a period in which literary translation had taken on new importance in Russia. During the eighteenth century and the first three decades of the nineteenth century, the French language’s unique role as a mediu ... Full text Cite

The Mountain and the Wall

Book · June 8, 2015 Alisa Ganieva. nor that the main character is named for the historical fighter. Russia's most heterogeneous republic, Dagestan is home to some 30 languages and unique ethnic groups, including Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Russian— but ... ... Cite

ANNA KARENINA

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2015 Cite

ANNA KARENINA

Journal Article TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT · 2015 Cite

Dostoevskii's Overcoat: Influence, Comparison, and Transposition

Journal Article SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL · 2015 Cite

The Bride (Nevesta)

Chapter · 2014 Cite

Three Sisters

Other The Russian Review · 2014 Introduction by Sharon Marie Carnicke ... Cite

Толстой в переводах Констанц Гарнетт

Journal Article Лев Толстой и мировая литература · 2013 Cite

The Psychology of Chekhov's Creative Method and Generative Poetics

Other Chekhov for the Twenty-First Century · 2012 Cite

The Devil of Potatoes

Other The Maya Pill, The Dirty Goat · 2011 Cite

Dostoevsky’s Religion: Words Images, and the Seed of Charity

Journal Article Dostoevsky Studies · 2009 Cite

Scenic Storytelling in Chekhov’s ’Grasshopper’

Journal Article The Bulletin of the North American Chekhov Society · 2009 Cite

Review of Dostoevsky’s Unfinished Journey by Robert Feuer Miller

Book Review Slavic and East European Journal · 2008 Cite

Dostoevsky's Unfinished Journey

Journal Article SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL · 2008 Cite

Review of The Four Major Plays (of Anton Chekhov) translated by Curt Columbus

Book Review Slavic and East European Journal · 2006 Cite

A New Century, A New Chekhov

Other Slavic and East European Journal · 2006 Cite

Anna Karenina: Translation, Literalism, and the Life of Art

Journal Article Tolstoy Studies Journal · 2002 Cite

Chekhov’s Underground Man: ’An Attack of Nerves’

Journal Article Slavic and East European Journal (SEEJ) · 2000 Reprinted in Short Story Criticism Vol. 85 edited by Larry Trudeau 2006 ... Cite

The Passion of Dmitrii Karamazov - A reply

Journal Article SLAVIC REVIEW · 2000 Link to item Cite

Art and Idleness in Chekhov’s ’House with a Mezzanine’

Journal Article Russian Review · July 1999 Cite

Writing about Nothing: ’Ariadne’ and the Narcissistic Narrator

Journal Article Slavonic and East European Review · April 1999 Cite

The Passion of Dmitrii Karamazov

Journal Article Slavic Review · 1999 Cite

Poor Folk: An Allegory of Body and Mind

Journal Article Dostoevsky Studies · 1999 Cite

Delineating the Territory of Cechov’s ’A Woman’s Kingdom’

Journal Article Russian Literature · November 1998 Cite

The Limits to the Flesh: Searching for the Soul in Chekhov’s ’A Boring Story’

Journal Article Slavic and East European Journal · 1997 Cite

The Sunken Temple

Book · 1993 Cite

Fear of Faith: The Hidden Religious Message of Notes From Underground

Journal Article Slavic and East European Journal · 1993 Cite

Seminary Heroes in Mid-Nineteenth Century Russian Literature

Journal Article Canadian-American Slavic Studies · 1989 Cite

Prophecy in 'The Peasant Marei'

Journal Article The Dostoevsky Studies Cite

Notes from the Dead House: An Exercise in Spatial Reading or Three Crowd Scenes

Journal Article Российский гуманитарный журнал Cite

"Shapify"

Other Times LIterary Supplement Cite

bad seed

Book Review TLS - The Times Literary Supplement Cite