The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy
Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature
- Editor: Donna Tussing Orwin, University of Toronto
- Date Published: October 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521520003
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Key dimensions of Tolstoy's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. While the essays focus on Tolstoy's artistic production, the introduction provides a brief, unified account of the man for whom art was only one activity among many. The essays are enhanced by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.
Read more- Covers all Tolstoy's main works of fiction
- The essays provide scholarly depth of analysis on a broad range of topics
- The volume is well supported by a detailed chronology and bibliography
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"...useful, provocative." Slavic and East European Journal, Thomas Newlin, Oberlin College
See more reviews"This Cambridge Companion is a major contribution to Tolstoy scholarship." The Russian Review
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"The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy will be an important addition to libraries, scholars' bookshelves, and existing reference texts for university courses on Tolstoy." - The International Fiction Review Allan Reid
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- Date Published: October 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521520003
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
Editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on editions, citations and transliterations
Chronology
Introduction: Tolstoy as artist and public figure Donna Tussing Orwin
Part I. The Three Novels:
1. War and Peace Gary Saul Morson
2. Anna Karenina Barbara Lönnqvist
3. Resurrection Hugh McLean
Part II. Genres:
4. Tolstoy as a writer of popular literature Gary R. Jahn
5. The long short story in Tolstoy's fiction Richard Freeborn
6. Tolstoy staged in Paris, Berlin and London W. Gareth Jones
Part III. General Topics:
7. The development of style and theme in Tolstoy Liza Knapp
8. History and autobiography in Tolstoy Andrew Wachtel
9. Women, sexuality, and the family in Tolstoy Edwina Cruise
10. Tolstoy in the twentieth century George R. Clay
11. Courage in Tolstoy Donna Tussing Orwin
12. Tolstoy's aesthetics Caryl Emerson
Guide to further reading
Index to Tolstoy's works and characters
General index.
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