Reflecting on Anna Karenina / Mary Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Mary, 1946- author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

Routledge Library Editions: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Characters--Women.

Women in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Feminism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is considered by many to be one of the greatest novels ever written. This study of its morally ambiguous protagonist, Anna, discusses Tolstoy's troubled relation to the feminine in terms of the fantasies, hopes, and fears that she represents. In Reflecting on Anna Karenina, first published in 1989, Mary Evans presents an original, feminist reading of Anna's life and times for both students and the general audience. She argues that Anna is the embodiment of all those female characteristics that so captivated Tolstoy, and which he felt so compelled to punish in his writin

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Dedication ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter One: Who is Anna? What is She?""; ""Chapter Two: Anna and the Others""; ""Chapter Three: Other Women""; ""Chapter Four: What is a Good Woman?""; ""Notes""

Notes:

First published in 1989.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781317673033

1317673034

9781138803398

1138803391

9781317673040

1317673042

9781315770659

1315770652

OCLC:

889676591