Crime and Punishment: A Norton Critical Edition (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

These are the voices of Crime and Punishment in all their original, dazzling variety: pensive, urgent, defiant, and triumphant. This new translation by Michael Katz revives the intensity Dostoevskys first readers experienced. Susan McReynolds, Northwestern UniversityMesmerizingly good . . . the best, truest translation of Dostoevskys masterpiece into English. Its a magnificent, almost terrifying achievement of translation, one that makes its predecessors, however worthy, seem safe and polite. Steve Donoghue, Open Letters MonthlyThis Norton Critical Edition includes: Michael Katzs superb (Times Literary Supplement) new translation of the worlds most-read Russian novel accompanied by his preface and detailed explanatory footnotes. Names of principal characters, a note on characters names, and a map of St. Petersburg. Key excerpts from Dostoevskys notebooks, letters, and his early draft of Part II, Chapter 2. Twenty-six scholarly essays on the novel from Russian, European, and American sources. A chronology and a selected bibliography.About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part formatannotated text, contexts, and criticismhelps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.