In quest of Tolstoy

Lev Tolstoy has held the attention of mankind for well over a century. A supremely talented artist, whose novels and short stories continue to entrance readers all over the world, he was at the same time a fearless moral philosopher who explored and challenged the fundamental bases of human society-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McLean, Hugh, 1925-2017 (-)
Autor Corporativo: National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Jahn, Gary R., contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press 2008.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421013506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Buried as a writer and as a man: the puzzle of family happiness
  • The case of the missing mothers, or when does a beginning begin?
  • Truth in dying
  • Which English Anna?
  • Love in resurrection: eros or agape?
  • Could the master err? a note on "God sees the truth but waits"
  • Was the master well served? further comment on "God sees the truth, but waits" / with Gary R. Jahn
  • A woman's place
  • The young Tolstoy and the woman question
  • Tolstoy and Jesus
  • Rousseau's god and Tolstoy's god
  • Claws on the behind: Tolstoy and Darwin
  • A clash of utopias: Tolstoy and Gorky
  • Hemingway and Tolstoy: a pugilistic encounter
  • Foxes into hedgehogs: Berlin and Tolstoy.