Anna Karenina in Our Time [ Association Copy: Anne Rice's Personal Copy ]

Gary Saul Morson

ISBN 10: 0300100701 / ISBN 13: 9780300100709

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007

About this Item

Later printing of Gary Saul Morson s collection of essays on Leo Tolstoy s "Anna Karenina," special for its provenance. From the private library and estate of renowned author Anne Rice. Association copies, particularly those signed by an author, provide collectors with a valuable degree of confidence in the authenticity of the signature. Association copies have become increasingly sought-after collectibles, offering a unique and personal alternative to traditional limited or signed editions. No dust jacket present. Some light wear to the boards, with bumping to the head and foot of the spine and to the corners. The volume remains tightly bound and in solid condition. Used sticker to the back panel. This copy is heavily annotated throughout the first half of the book, with numerous underlined passages, markings, and extensive handwritten notes in the margins and between lines. The interior remains clean aside from Rice s own red-ink annotations, written in her elegant penmenship. Anne Rice has signed the front free endpaper: Anne Rice / June 3rd / 2021 She has filled the pages with additional notes and reflections drawn from the text. Rice seems to have annotated her Tolstoy research material extensively as she studied his works and related critical essays. Her markings show a meticulous process as she frequently examined and commented on sources, cross-references, and footnotes within the essays themselves. Many annotations throughout. As an example: On page 11, Rice has dated her notes twice at the top of the page, 6/9/21 and 6/3/21, likely reflecting multiple readings. She comments in the margin that a passage "makes me think of Kerouac (On the Road)." Elsewhere, she includes personal anecdotes, expresses occasional disagreement with Morson s interpretations (notably in the chapter "Dolly and Stiva: Prosaic Good and Evil"), and poses many thoughts and questions about Tolstoy s treatment of gender and morality, particularly in "Anna and the Kinds of Love," where she explores Tolstoy s handling of the "woman question" and sexual freedom. A truly unique and intimate edition, offering a window into Anne Rice s intellectual and creative engagement with Tolstoy and her research process in her later years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anna Karenina in Our Time [ Association Copy: Anne Rice's Personal Copy ]
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300100701
• ISBN 13: 9780300100709
• Binding: Hardcover boards
• Edition: First Edition, Later Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books To Films
  • FEATURED AUTHORS
  • Nonfiction
  • FICTION
  • Signed Books less than $300

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Synopsis

In this invigorating new assessment of Anna Karenina, Gary Saul Morson overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood Tolstoy’s characters and intentions. Morson argues that Tolstoy’s ideas are far more radical than has been thought: his masterpiece challenges deeply held conceptions of romantic love, the process of social reform, modernization, and the nature of good and evil. By investigating the ethical, philosophical, and social issues with which Tolstoy grappled, Morson finds in Anna Karenina powerful connections with the concerns of today. He proposes that Tolstoy’s effort to see the world more wisely can deeply inform our own search for wisdom in the present day.

 

The book offers brilliant analyses of Anna, Karenin, Dolly, Levin, and other characters, with a particularly subtle portrait of Anna’s extremism and self-deception. Morson probes Tolstoy’s important insights (evil is often the result of negligence; goodness derives from small, everyday deeds) and completes the volume with an irresistible, original list of One Hundred and Sixty-Three Tolstoyan Conclusions.

 

About the Author

Gary Saul Morson is Frances Hooper Professor of Arts and Humanities and professor of Slavic languages, Northwestern University. Morson teaches Anna Karenina in a course enrolling 500 students―the largest Slavic Language class offered in America. Among his previous books is the award-winning Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time, published by Yale University Press.