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Tolstoy and his problems : views from the twenty-first century / edited by Inessa Medzhibovskaya.
- Format:
- Book
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Assessing the relevance of Tolstoy's thought and teachings for the current day, Tolstoy and His Problems: Views from the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays by a group of Tolstoy specialists who are leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Text
- 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)
- Five Principles of Tolstoy's Educational Thought (Daniel Moulin-Stoz˙ek)
- 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)
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-3882-4
- OCLC:
- 1061132155
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