Leo Tolstoy : the power of dissent / Ani Kokobobo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kokobobo, Ani, author.

Series:

Myths and taboos in Russian culture

Myths and taboos in Slavic cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Criticism and interpretation.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Russian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The Tolstoy that emerges from this volume is a thinker who resists easy answers, explores contradictions, and seeks deeper reconciliation. This collection presents him as an open-ended conversation partner rather than a moral authority, grappling urgently with dilemmas of identity, human relationships, colonial violence, and integrity. The Tolstoy I have always sought-and hope is foregrounded here-is one whose meanings remain open, engaging in dialogue with both our present and an unknown future. From his time, he speaks to today's most pressing issues. In an era of polarization and simplistic narratives, Tolstoy offers a methodology of dissent and independent thought. This is Tolstoy the dissenter, whose voice is extraordinarily valuable for our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Trembling napoleon and fat kutuzov: bodies, historical figures, and historical determinism in war and peace

Society, mobility, and the construction of gender in early tolstoy

Using digital technologies to uncover the geographical dimension of tolstoy’s war and peace

The young tolstoy struggles to integrate desire into art

Strange bedfellows: leo tolstoy and andrea dworkin

Sexual citizenship and the legacy of the novel of adultery in a twenty-first-century adaptation of anna karenina

Authoring christ: novelistic echoes in tolstoy’s harmonization and translation of the four gospels

The self as animal or corpse: the grotesque subject in tolstoy’s late theology and fiction and in mikhail artsybashev’s sanin

Can tolstoy mourn?

Tolstoy’s enigmatic final hero: holy war, sufism, and the spiritual path in hadji murat

“Why does russia need hadji murat’s head?”— hadji murat, dagestani identity, and russia’s colonial exploits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed May 7, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Kokobobo, Ani. Leo Tolstoy.

ISBN:

9798887197340

9798887197333

OCLC:

1512071401

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license