Tolstoy the man / Edward A. Steiner ; foreword by A.N. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steiner, Edward Alfred, 1866-1956.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Wilson, A. N., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Novelists, Russian--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, Russian.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxviii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

Summary:

"Edward A. Steiner (1866-1956) was a devotee and student of Leo Tolstoy. As part of a group of young men inspired by the work of Tolstoy, Steiner made the first of several pilgrimages to Tolstoy's home. His last pilgrimage was undertaken in 1903, when Steiner went to Russia shortly before Tolstoy's death with the express purpose of writing this work. Part homage to an ailing mentor, part analytical biography of a legendary literary figure, Tolstoy the Man brings the reader into the inner sanctum of Tolstoy's life and work."

"As a professor of applied Christianity, Steiner strove to present the significance of Tolstoy's unique religious and philosophical beliefs and their effects on his work and Steiner's life. Tolstoy the Man also provides a modern audience with an intimate and interesting view of prerevolutionary Russia from within. Tolstoy's religious and social views often put him at odds with his society and were often prescient of the coming political upheaval."--Jacket.

Contents:

Tolstoy to-day

Childhood and school life

The landed proprietor

The Caucasus

Sebastopol

In St. Petersburg

Tolstoy's first visit abroad

Tolstoy's second and third journeys abroad

Tolstoy's marriage and family life

Tolstoy as pedagogue

"War and peace"

"Anna Karenina"

Tolstoy's confession and conversion

The life as an influence

In the heart of Russia

The teachings of Tolstoy

The misunderstood Tolstoy

Tolstoy's literary activities at the close of the nineteenth century

Tolstoy the man.

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1904. With new introd.

ISBN:

9780803293458

0803293453

OCLC:

60454486

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