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Gary Saul Morson


Gary Saul Morson is the Lawrence B. Dumas professor of the arts and humanities at Northwestern University and the author of, among other books, Anna Karenina in Our Time (Yale).

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  1. Response ·

    Watch Gary Saul Morson and Jacob Howland Discuss the Dostoevsky Problem

    By Gary Saul Morson, Jacob Howland, Jonathan Silver

    In this month’s feature Mosaic essay , the literary scholar Gary Saul Morson argues that the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky presents a conundrum: On the one hand, he was the great writer of...

    Watch Gary Saul Morson and Jacob Howland Discuss the Dostoevsky Problem
  2. Response ·

    The Jews Who Guard Dostoevsky

    By Gary Saul Morson

    One reason I love writing for Mosaic is the quality of responses, and both Adam Kirsch’s and Marat Grinberg’s are especially interesting. They invite real dialogue. Kirsch, in fact, mentions the Ru...

    The Jews Who Guard Dostoevsky
  3. Monthly Essay ·

    Why Dostoevsky Loved Humanity and Hated the Jews

    By Gary Saul Morson

    The case of the literary master helps explain why people who devote themselves to compassion for all so often make an exception for Jews.

    Why Dostoevsky Loved Humanity and Hated the Jews
  4. Observation ·

    How the Jews of Russia Were Made Into the Jews of the Soviet Union

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    How the Jews of Russia Were Made Into the Jews of the Soviet Union
  5. Observation ·

    Isaac Babel’s Odessa Tricksters

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Isaac Babel’s Odessa Tricksters
  6. Monthly Essay ·

    Isaac Babel’s Guide to Life and Death

    By Gary Saul Morson

    The great Russian Jewish writer was caught between revolution and daily life, Bolsheviks and Jews, a desire to kill and an inability to pull the trigger. Did he ever choose?

    Isaac Babel’s Guide to Life and Death
  7. Observation ·

    Hunger Dreams in the USSR

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Hunger Dreams in the USSR
  8. Observation ·

    The Best Books of 2020, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part III)

    By Gary Saul Morson, Yehoshua Pfeffer, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, Michael Weingrad

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Best Books of 2020, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part III)
  9. Observation ·

    The Trouble at Northwestern

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Trouble at Northwestern
  10. Observation ·

    In Russia, Anti-Semitism Has Long Been the Opiate of the Intellectuals

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    In Russia, Anti-Semitism Has Long Been the Opiate of the Intellectuals
  11. Observation ·

    Podcast: Gary Saul Morson on the New “Leninthink”

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: Gary Saul Morson on the New “Leninthink”
  12. Observation ·

    Two Russian-Jewish Women of Distinction, and Their Distinctive Diaries

    By Gary Saul Morson

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Two Russian-Jewish Women of Distinction, and Their Distinctive Diaries