Leo Tolstoy: Resident and Stranger (Princeton Legacy Library, 998) - Hardcover

Gustafson, Richard F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691631727 ISBN 13: 9780691631721

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Much of what was central to Tolstoy seems embarrassing to Western and Soviet critics, points out Richard Gustafson in his absorbing argument for the predominance of Tolstoy's religious viewpoint in all his writings. Received opinion says that there are two Tolstoys, the pre-conversion artist and the post-conversion religious thinker and prophet, but Professor Gustafson argues convincingly that the man is not two, but one.

Originally published in 1986.

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About this title

From Library Journal:

This serious and important book challenges the widely held view of Tolstoy as two radically different men, "the pre-conversion artist and the post-conversion religious thinker." By using the later works to clarify the earlier ones, Gustafson argues persuasively for the essential coherence of Tolstoy's work, a coherence that stems from his religious thinking and his desperate life-long search for faith. This book is a remarkable piece of scholarship and should appeal both to scholars and the general public, especially those interested in Tolstoy's work, in theology, or in the history of ideas. Essential for research libraries and recommended for other large collections. Joyce S. Toomre, Russian Research Ctr. , Harvard Univ.
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Review:

"Richard Gustafson has written what will undoubtedly prove to be one of the major studies of Tolstoy produced in his generation . . . an especially thoughtful book, full of ideas, insights, and perceptions that are very much Gustafson's own."---Hugh McLean, The Russian Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0691631727
• ISBN 13: 9780691631721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 504