A Karenina companion / by C.J.G. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, C. J. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Anna Karenina.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although Anna Karenina has been described as ""the European novel"" by Frank Leavis, the geographical setting of the novel and, increasingly, its temporal and cultural setting, render it a foreign novel to most readers. A Karenina Companion offers a wealth of information, including a great deal that has previously not been available in English, for the scholarly and literary appreciation of this great novel. Chapter 1 is a biographical introduction and Chapter 2 an examination of the way in which the novel was composed. In Chapter 3 the author brings together

Contents:

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Tolstoi's Life between the Completion of War and Peace and the Completion of Anna Karenina; CHAPTER 2 The Drafts for Anna Karenina; CHAPTER 3 Tolstoi about Anna Karenina; CHAPTER 4 A Recent Edition of Anna Karenina and its New Readings; CHAPTER 5 Tolstoi's Reading, 1869-77; CHAPTER 6 Notes to the English Text of Anna Karenina; CHAPTER 7 A Survey of Criticism and Scholarship; APPENDIX 1 English-Language Works Cited in Chapter 7; APPENDIX 2 English-Language Bibliography since 1979; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613811370

9781282233638

1282233637

9780889205765

0889205760

OCLC:

753479601