Anniversary Essays on Tolstoy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107412749 ISBN 13: 9781107412743

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

A century after Leo Tolstoy's death, the author of War and Peace is widely admired but too often thought of only with reference to his realism and moral sense. The many sides of Tolstoy revealed in these new essays speak to today's readers with astonishing force, relevance, and complexity. In a lively, challenging style, leading scholars range over his long life, from his first work Childhood to the works of his old age like Hadji Murat, and the many genres in which he worked, from the major novels to aphorisms and short stories. The essays present new approaches to his central themes: love, death, religious faith and doubt, violence, the animal kingdom, and war. They also assess his reception both in his lifetime and subsequently. Setting new agendas for the study of this classic author, this volume provides a snapshot of current scholarship on Tolstoy.

About this title

Book Description:

The essays in this volume present fresh approaches to Tolstoy's central themes and assess his reception both in his lifetime and subsequently. Setting new agendas for the study of this classic author, this volume provides a snapshot of scholarship on Tolstoy.

About the Author:

Donna Tussing Orwin is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107412749
• ISBN 13: 9781107412743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Orwin Donna Tussing