Tolstoy as philosopher : Essential short writings (1835-1910) : An anthology / Leo Tolstoy ; edited, translated and introduced by Inessa Medzhibovskaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Medzhibovskaya, Inessa, 1964- editor, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Translated from the Russian.

Summary:

This anthology is the fullest edition to date of the rich variety of Tolstoy's philosophical output collected in a single volume that covers more than seven decades of his life, from 1835 to 1910. The seventy-seven texts included exemplify Tolstoy as an artistically inventive, intellectually powerful, challenging, and absorbing thinker.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Credits

Illustrations and Image Credits

A Note on the Text

Editor’s Introduction—“The Magic Mountain”: On the Textual Shape of Tolstoy’s Philosophy

Section I FRAGMENTS, LETTERS, NOTES, REFLECTIONS, AND TALKS

PART 1 Tolstoy’s Juvenilia (1835–50)

PART 2 Writings of the 1850s

PART 3 Writings of the 1860s

PART 4 Writings of the 1870s

PART 5 Writings of the 1880s

PART 6 Writings of the 1890s

PART 7 Writings of the 1900s

Section II FICTIONS

PART 8 Exercises, Parables, Parodies, Satires, Tales, Vitae, and Visions

Further Reading in English

Index of Tolstoy’s Works

Index of Names and Titles

Index of Terms

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy As Philosopher. Essential Short Writings

ISBN:

9781644694039

1644694034

OCLC:

1346363902