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Tolstoy and the Novel

By John Bayley

Book information

Publisher
The Viking Press
Year
1967
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6847535 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
321\321
Topic
Literature
Library
archive.org/details/tolstoynovel0000bayl_1967
Time added
2022-03-01 22:49:43

Description

Also includes discussion of Tolstoy's short stories and some of his non-fiction as well as his novels. Bayley is insightful throughout, focusing on a conceptual analysis of Tolstoy's technique, arranged thematically rather than chronologically. Comprehensive analysis of Tolstoy's techniques as a writer. Tolstoy and the novel Contents Chronology of Works Acknowledgments I The Russian Background II Inevitable Comparisons III "Not a novel..." War and Peace 1 Forms 2 Histories 3 Deaths 4 Lives 5 'Understanding' and 'Making it Strange' 6 Sex 7 Dolokhov and the Family 8 Pierre 9 Family and System 10 Pastoral 11 War IV Endings V "This novel ..." Anna Karenina VI Anna Karenina and What is Art? VII Resurrection VIII The Caucasus IX The Nouvelle as Hypothesis X Tolstoy's Legacy. Dr Zhivago Index of proper names

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