The Italian Events of 1867 in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Calligraphic Sketches: Based on Newspaper Chronicles

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Author: Natalia A. Tarasova
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DSc in Philology, Leading Researcher, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskiy Dom) RAS, Makarova nab. 4, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Tarasova, N.A. “The Italian Events of 1867 in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Calligraphic Sketches: Based on Newspaper Chronicles.” Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 3 (23), 2023, pp. 81–113. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-3-81-113
Received: 30 June 2023
Published: 25 Sept. 2023
Issue: 2023 no. 3 (23)
Department: TEXTUAL CRITICISM
Pages: 81-113
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-3-81-113
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Keywords: Dostoevsky, notebooks, calligraphy, Italy, Risorgimento, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Pius IX, Napoleon III, Victor Emmanuel II.
Abstract: The paper examines the calligraphic sketches contained in Dostoevsky’s workbooks with entries for 1867: mentions in calligraphy of the name Garibaldi, as well as Italian toponyms (Acquapendente, Viterbo, Monterotondo, Roma, Tivoli, Frosinone). The analysis of the semantic context formed by these and other calligraphies (inscriptions with the names of Roman Caesars, King of Italy Victor Emmanuel II, Pope Pius IX, etc.) reveals the influence on these records of newspaper periodicals, which widely covered the events of the Risorgimento at that time and attracted the attention of Dostoevsky, as follows from documentary evidence. The context revealed by these calligraphic notes indicates thematic connections between Dostoevsky’s notes of the 1860s, his novels and the future Diary of a Writer.

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