A guide to Tolstoy's literary and philosophical writings, focusing on aspects of his work that students find most difficult. It offers students an introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including "Hadji Murat" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich". Series: Guides for the Perplexed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362. . 2008. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0826493785
ISBN 13: 9780826493781
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) is one of the most important writers in the Western tradition. His two great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, cover an enormous range of basic human experiences with a precision and probing spirit that, in the words of one critic, are simply "unmatched by any other writer."
This guide offers students a clear introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including Hadji Murat and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The guide also covers major themes including sex, death, authority and evil and offers an overview of Tolstoy's religious and philosophical thought. A final chapter assesses his lasting influence in the spheres of literature and culture, religion and philosophy and on major figures including Joyce, Ghandi, Wittgenstein and Heidegger.

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Jeff Love is Research Scholar at the Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought, Northwestern University, USA. His books include: Revolutionary Bio-politics from Fedorov to Mao (with Michael Meng) (2023); The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Koj�ve (2018); Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed (2008); The Overcoming of History in War and Peace (2004); and translations of Alexandre Koj�ve's Atheism, F.W.J. Schelling's Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom, and Ant�nio Lobo Antunes's Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water.

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