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Wasiolek, Edward was born on April 27, 1924 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ignac and Mary (Szczesniewska) Wasiolek.
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This book offers a close critical reading of all of Dostoevsky's major fiction. Included are analyses of Poor Folk, The Double, Netochka Nezvanova, The House of the Dead, The Insulted and the Injured, The Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed, The Adolescent, The Dream of the Ridiculous Man, and The Brothers Karamazov. The treatment is analytical and critical.
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literary critic language and literature educator
Wasiolek, Edward was born on April 27, 1924 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ignac and Mary (Szczesniewska) Wasiolek.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1949; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1955; postgraduate, U. Bordeaux, France, 1950-1951.
Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1954; research fellow Russian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1954; instructor English, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1954-1955; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1955-1960; associate Professor of English and Russian, University of Chicago, 1960-1964; professor Russian and comparative literature, University of Chicago, 1964-1969; Avalon professor comparative literature and Russian, University of Chicago, 1969-1976; Distinguished Services professor of English, comparative literature, and Slavic studies, University of Chicago, since 1976; chairman comparative literature program, University of Chicago, 1965-1983; department chairman Slavic languages and literature, University of Chicago, 1971-1977. Visiting professor Slavic and comparative literature Harvard, 1966-1967.
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Addressed United Nations on Tolstoy, 1988. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Emma Jones Thomson, 1948. Children: Mark Allan, Karen Lee, Eric Wade.