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The Death of Tolstoy : Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station 1910.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801462559
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Death of TolstoyDDC classification:
  • 891.73/3
LOC classification:
  • PG3395
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Family Crisis as a Public Event -- 2. Narrative Transfigurations of Tolstoy's Final Journey -- 3. The Media at Astapovo and the Creation of a Modern Pastoral -- 4. Tolstoyan Violence upon the Funeral Rites of the State -- 5. On or About November 1910 -- Conclusion: The Posthumous Notes of Fyodor Kuzmich -- A Word on My Sources -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: In the middle of the night of October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the most famous man in Russia, vanished. A secular saint revered for his literary genius, pacificism, and dedication to the earth and the poor, Tolstoy had left his home in secret to embark.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Family Crisis as a Public Event -- 2. Narrative Transfigurations of Tolstoy's Final Journey -- 3. The Media at Astapovo and the Creation of a Modern Pastoral -- 4. Tolstoyan Violence upon the Funeral Rites of the State -- 5. On or About November 1910 -- Conclusion: The Posthumous Notes of Fyodor Kuzmich -- A Word on My Sources -- Notes -- Index.

In the middle of the night of October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the most famous man in Russia, vanished. A secular saint revered for his literary genius, pacificism, and dedication to the earth and the poor, Tolstoy had left his home in secret to embark.

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