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The Kreutzer Sonata Variations : Lev Tolstoy's Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy / Michael R. Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
- Tolstoy, Leo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (379 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy's controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author's wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy's provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Th e Tolstoy Family Story Contest
- The Kreutzer Sonata
- Whose Fault?
- Chopin's Prelude
- Ruminations on Tolstoy's
- Epilogue to The Kreutzer Sonata
- "The Wife Murderer"
- Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy's Letters, 1889- 91
- Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy's Diary, 1889- 1900
- Excerpts from Sofi ya Adreevna Tolstaya's Diary
- Excerpts from My Life
- Excerpt from The Truth About My Father
- Excerpt from Tolstoy: A Life of My Father
- Afterword
- Selected Bibliography of Works in English
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-300-21039-6
- OCLC:
- 885325854
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