Consequences of Consciousness：Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy

Russianpsychologicalprosehasmadeadistinctcontributiontoworldculture--notonlytoliterature,butalsotopracticalpsychologyandeventoneuropsychology."ConsequencesofConsciousness"focusesprimarilyonRussianideasoftheselfandsubjectivity,andhowtheseideasfindexpressioninthefictionofTurgenev,Dostoevsky,andTolstoy--themostimportantfoundingauthorsoftheRussianschoolofpsychologicalrealism.Thesewritersexploreboththelimitsandtheautonomyofsubjectiveconsciousness,andtheirbooksareasrelevanttodayastheyhaveeverbeen.Throughcloseanalysisofmanywell-knowntexts,Orwinrevealsthatthesethreeauthorsconversedwitheachotherthroughtheirworks.SheemphasizestheroleWesternthoughtplayedinthedevelopmentoftheirpsychologicalproseandhowitwastransformedbyaRussiancontext.