Heroine Abuse: Dostoevsky's "Netochka Nezvanova" and the Poetics of Codependency
Thomas Gaiton Marullo
Fyodor Dostoevsky's first novel, Netochka Nezvanova, written in 1849, remains the least studied and understood of the writer's long fiction, but it was a seedbed for many topics and themes that became hallmarks of his major works. Specifically, Netochka Nezvanova was the first in Dostoevsky's corpus to focus on the psychology of children and the first to feature a woman in a leading and narrative role. It was also the first work in Russian literature to deal with problems of the family.
In Heroine Abuse, Thomas Marullo contends that Netochka Nezvanova also provides a striking example of what psychologists today ... Read more
Readers of Heroine Abuse will see Netochka Nezvanova as a timeless model in depicting codependency in the world of the twenty-first century as it did in St. Petersburg in 1849. Marullo's original work will appeal to scholars and students of Russian and comparative fiction; to doctors, psychologists, and therapists; to laymen and women interested in relationship addiction; and, finally, to codependents and relationship addicts of all types.
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Reviews for Heroine Abuse: Dostoevsky's "Netochka Nezvanova" and the Poetics of Codependency
Slavonic and East European Review
Its clear structure, its copious notes and references to scholarship, along with Marullo's extremely close reading, result in this monograph becoming a primary source on Netochka Nezvanova for scholars of Russian literature. ... Read more