Russia in the age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky / Walter G. Moss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Walter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia--History--Alexander II, 1855-1881.

Russia.

History.

Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.

Intellectual life.

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881.

Alexander.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2002.

Summary:

Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is both history and story, incorporating in its analysis of Alexander II's turbulent reign the lives and ideas of the period's great writers, thinkers and revolutionaries who made this the Golden Age of Russian literature and thought. Uniquely, the book examines Alexander II's policies and the reactions they provoked from the Russian intelligentsia. In doing so, it interweaves in-depth consideration of the personal and public lives of individuals such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev; it also incorporates reflections as to why the outcome of this tumultuous reign was so tragic.

In his combination of considerable biographical material with the presentation of the main ideas of the era's chief writers and thinkers, Walter Moss has written a history that is of interest not only to scholars and students of the period, but also to more general readers.

Contents:

1. An Emperor's Funeral, 1855 3

2. Lieutenant Tolstoy in the Crimea 6

3. The Tsar Visits Moscow 11

4. A Professor and a Banquet 15

5. Tolstoy in the Capital 21

6. The Tsar, the Serfs and the Coronation 28

7. Dostoevsky in Exile 34

8. Michael Bakunin 40

9. The Muravievs and Perovskys, Siberia and China 46

10. Two Noblemen: Tolstoy and Turgenev 51

11. Herzen and The Bell in London 61

12. Tolstoy and Bakunin visit Herzen 70

13. Turgenev and Dostoevsky visit Herzen 77

14. A Fateful Year, 1866 87

15. Nekrasov and Muraviev the Hangman 92

16. The Perovskys and Herzen in Geneva 98

17. Dostoevsky and Anna Snitkina 103

18. Professor Soloviev and his Family 108

19. Tolstoy: a Marriage and a Masterpiece 113

20. A Shot in Paris 121

21. Turgenev and Dostoevsky in Baden-Baden 128

22. The Dostoevskys in Geneva 134

23. Nechaev, Bakunin and the Last Days of Herzen 140

24. The Tsar Visits London, 1874 149

25. Dostoevsky in Bad Ems 156

26. Sophia Perovskaya, Radicalism and the Russian People 162

27. A Mystic in the Desert 170

28. The Tsar at the Front 178

29. The Death of Nekrasov 187

30. A Visit to a Monastery 197

31. Tolstoy Apologizes 205

32. "Prophet, Prophet": Dostoevsky's Pushkin Speech 214

33. A Death and a Marriage 224

34. Two Conspirators 229

35. Bombs and Blood 235

36. The Trial 239

37. Two Appeals 245

38. A Spectacle on Semenovsky Square 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-287) and index.

ISBN:

1898855595

OCLC:

50420524