Tolstoy and his problems : views from the twenty-first century / edited by Inessa Medzhibovskaya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medzhibovskaya, Inessa, 1964- editor.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory

Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Political and social views.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Criticism and interpretation.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Philosophy.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Philosophy.

Criticism and interpretation.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction. Tolstoy and his problems : choosing a perspective / Inessa Medzhibovskaya

Prologue. Tolstoy's nihilism / Jeff Love

Tolstoy as social theorist / Michael A. Denner

The transformation of the mystical tradition in Tolstoy's art and religious thought / Vladimir M. Paperni

Tolstoy's Jewish questions / Inessa Medzhibovskaya

Laughing with the Count : the humor in War and peace and beyond / Jeffrey Brooks

Principles of Tolstoy's educational thought / Daniel Moulin-Stozek

Tolstoy, opera, and the problem of aesthetic seduction / Stephen Halliwell

Tolstoy against Shakespeare (a theatrical feud featuring George Bernard Shaw) / Caryl Emerson

Epilogue. What can we, in the twenty-first century, learn from Tolstoy? : ruminations on reading all ninety volumes of the Jubilee edition of Tolstoy's complete works; . . . and a bit about pigeons, cookies and milk, and snails . . . / Ellen Chances.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780810138803

0810138808

9780810138810

0810138816

OCLC:

1039243313

Publisher Number:

99979105936