Tolstoy by Romain Rolland,English,2002 - Softcover

Romain Rolland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7810850369 ISBN 13: 9787810850360

Publisher: Communication University of China, 2002

Synopsis

PREFACE XHILDHOOD BOYHOOD AND YOUTH ARMY EARLY OF THE CAUCASUS AND RELIGION ST.PETERSBURG "FAMILY HAPINESS" MARRIAGE "ANNA KARENIN" THE XRISIS REALITY ART AND CONSCIENCE SCIENCE AND ART THEORIES OF "RESURRECTION" RELIGION AND POLITICS OLD AGE CONCLUSION INDEX ----------------------------------------------- whose realisation I feel capable of devoting my whole life. This idea is the foundation of a new religion ; the religion of the Christ, but purified of dogmas and mysteries To act with a clear conscience, in order to unite men by means of religion." I This was to be the program me of his old age. However, to distract himself from the spectacles which surrounded him, he began once more to write. How could he, amidst that hail of lead,find the necessary freedom of mind for the writing of the third part of his memories : Youth The book is chaotic ; and we may attribute to the conditions of its production a quality of disorder,and at times a certain dryness of abstract analysis,which is increased by divisions and subdivisions after the manner of Stendhal.2 Yet we admire his calm penetration of the mist of dreams and inchoate ideas which crowd a young brain. His work is extraordinarily true to itself, and at moments what poetic freshness l--as in the vivid picture of springtime in the city, or the tale of the confession, and the journey to the convent, on yonrnaL. We notice this manner also in The Wood cultcrs, which wascompleted at the same period. For example : "There are three kinds of love : l. asthetic love ; 2. devoted love ;3. active love," &c. (Youth). "There are three kinds of soldiers : I. the docile and subordinate ; 2. the authoritative ;3. the boasters--who themselves are subdivided into :(a) The docile who are cool and lethargic ; (b) those who are earnestly docile ; (c) docile soldiers who drink," &c.(The Wood cuts). ........

Edition details

• Publisher: Communication University of China
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7810850369
• ISBN 13: 9787810850360
• Binding: Paperback