Anniversary Essays on TolstoyDonna Tussing Orwin A century after Leo Tolstoy's death, the author of War and Peace is widely admired but too often thought of only with reference to his realism and moral sense. The many sides of Tolstoy revealed in these essays speak to readers with astonishing force, relevance, and complexity. In a lively, challenging style, leading scholars range over his long life, from his first work Childhood to the works of his old age like Hadji Murat, and the many genres in which he worked, from the major novels to aphorisms and short stories. The essays present fresh approaches to his central themes: love, death, religious faith and doubt, violence, the animal kingdom, and war. They also assess his reception both in his lifetime and subsequently. Setting new agendas for the study of this classic author, this volume provides a snapshot of more current scholarship on Tolstoy. |
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the aesthetics of death in Tolstoy | 33 |
Chapter 3 Tolstoys peaceable kingdom | 52 |
pacifist patriot and molodets | 76 |
the dialogue on faith | 96 |
Prince Andreis death and Russian spiritual awakening of the 1860s | 120 |
Chapter 7 Tolstoys spirituality | 138 |
who wrote the English novel that Anna reads? | 159 |
The Realm of Darkness | 183 |
Tolstoy wise sayings and moral tales | 199 |
Leo Tolstoys image during the Russian revolutionary period | 219 |
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