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<p>Dostoevsky's disturbing and groundbreaking novella appears in this new <br/>annotated edition with an Introduction by Charles Guignon and Kevin Aho.<br/> An analogue of Guignon's widely praised Introduction to his 1993 <br/>edition of "The Grand Inquisitor," the editors' Introduction places the <br/>underground man in the context of European modernity, analyzes his inner<br/> dynamics in the light of the history of Russian cultural and <br/>intellectual life, and suggests compelling reasons for our own strange <br/>affinity for this nameless man who boldly declares, "I was rude and took<br/> pleasure in being so."</p>