L.N. Tolstoy

Divine and Human and Other Stories

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Leo Tolstoy undertook the writing of the stories in Divine and Human and Other Stories around the time of the 1905 revolution in Russia. While doing so, he drew on the tragic past of Russia and its empire to comment on the issues and ideas of the day. Tolstoy had long before taken on the mantle of sage, and in addition to his treatises and essays on religious and social topics, he continued to write many works of fiction. The stories Divine and Human, Berries, and What For? are collected together here for the first time, and they show the depth of -- and contradictions in -- Tolstoy's thought as he tried to reconcile his harsh religious belie… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Zealand), Gordon Spence (Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Canterbury, New (Hrsg.) / Spence, Gordon (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-8101-1762-4
EAN: 9780810117624
Produktnummer: 9139230
Verlag: Northwestern University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 168 S.
Masse: H19.1 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.1 cm 156 g
Gewicht: 156
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Peter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in RussiaPeter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been worn Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been working at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of king at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Toronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky ArchiveToronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky Archive, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language tra, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language translations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Snslations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Sea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. ea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. He works as a research associate at the University of TorontHe works as a research associate at the University of Toronto and lives in North York, Ontario. o and lives in North York, Ontario.