On the textual problems of publishing the novel “Demons” as a part of the Complete Works of F. M. Dostoevsky (1974 and 2021)

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The article contains an analysis of the texts of two academic publications of F. M. Dostoevskyʼs novel “Demons” – as a part of the Complete Works in 30 volumes (1972–1990) and the currently published Complete Works in 35 volumes. The textual and historical-literary problems associated with these publications are analyzed, the methodology and errors characteristic of each of the publications are considered, the pros and cons of both publications are analyzed. The importance of the issue of the fundamental discrepancy between punctuation of the 19th century and the modern norm, based primarily on the structural and semantic principle of punctuation marks and developed in much more detail than the codes of the 19th century, is pointed out. The preservation of individual elements of archaic punctuation when reading a text by a carrier of a modern punctuation norm has a destructive effect on meaning. The article considers a number of examples showing the inapplicability of elements of old spelling and punctuation in the modern traditional academic tradition.

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Konstantin A. Barsht

Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: konstantin_barsht@pushdom.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1152-4083

Doct. Sci. (Philol.), Leading Researcher 

Russian Federation, 4 Makarov Embankment, St. Petersburg, 199034

Mikhail Y. Dymarsky

A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University; Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: dym2005@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1796-7686

Doct. Sci. (Philol.), Ptrofessor at the A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, 48 River Moyka Embankment, St. Petersburg, 191186; 9 Tuchkov Lane, St. Petersburg, 199053

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