Tolstoy and China / Derk Bodde ; with the collaboration of Galia Speshneff Bodde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodde, Derk, 1909-2003, author.

Contributor:

Bodde, Galia Speshneff, contributor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

History of ideas series (Princeton, N.J.) ; Number 4.

Princeton Legacy Library

History of Ideas Series ; Number 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1950.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book on the impact of Chinese civilization upon Tolstoy's thinking and writing reveals new resources in the study of a great Russian novelist. Making use of newly available Russian materials, Mr. Bodde explores Tolstoy's correspondence and his reading and writing on Chinese subjects to determine his conception of Chinese culture and how deeply it affected his thought in such fields as music, politics, ethics.Originally published in 1950.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. CHINA, THE WEST, AND TOLSTOY

CHAPTER II. TOLSTOY'S READINGS ON CHINA

CHAPTER III. TOLSTOY'S WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ON CHINA

CHAPTER IV. TOLSTOY'S CONTACTS WITH CHINESE

CHAPTER V. THE MEANING OF CHINA TO TOLSTOY

CHAPTER VI. THE QUESTION OF CHINESE INFLUENCE

APPENDIX A: A CHINESE POET'S PILGRIMAGE TO YASNAYA POLYANA

APPENDIX Β. LIST OF WORKS ON CHINA READ BY TOLSTOY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691653440

0691653445

9781400879328

1400879329

OCLC:

966885143