Dostoevsky as Myth-Maker.

This article presents information on the book "Dostoevsky as Myth-Maker." It is a study of a mystic by an author who is a mystic, this book on Dostoevsky is, both more and less than criticism. Vyacheslav Ivanov, who died in 1949, was a poet and scholar of great originality and profound erudition. Basically a classical student specializing in the mystic religions of ancient Greece, he became a poet of considerable importance, taking a leading part in the literary life of St. Petersburg, Florida, between 1905 and 1912. Although he was fascinated by the study of cultural achievements, which he felt should be regarded as a single sweeping development, he thought that ultimate religious experience was a spiritual absolute which transcended artistic and intellectual activities.