Tolstoi and the Evolution of His Artistic World.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (333 pages)
- Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics Series ; v.64 .
- Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction. Under Western Eyes: Tolstoi in English-Language Criticism -- The Dancing Ploughman: Tolstoi's Views on Poetry and His Writings in Verse -- Tolstoi's Breasts or the Mammary Offensive -- Tolstoi's Dogmatic Narrator in His Sevastopol Stories -- The Chronotope of Realism: Tolstoi's Sevastopol Stories -- Marriage, Freedom and Self in Tolstoi's Family Happiness and Chekhov's Three Years -- Ages, Stages and the Culture of Ageing in War and Peace -- Modelling the Future in War and Peace: Forms and Meanings -- Tooth Pain, Shame, and Moral Choice in Anna Karenina -- The Problem of Tragedy in Anna Karenina -- Tolstoi's `About Mushrooms' -- Anna Karenina Redux -- `What Is Music? What Does It Do?' -- `I Am Not the Devil, I Am Simply a Sinful Woman' -- Index.
Joe Andrew and Robert Reid assemble thirteen analytical discussions of Tolstoi's key works, written by leading scholars from around the world. The works studied cover almost the entire length of Tolstoi's career; the analyses present unique insights into Tolstoi's artistic world.