| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 336 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Tolstoy family story contest / Michael R. Katz -- The story and counterstories. The Kreutzer sonata / Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy ; Whose fault? ; Song without words / Sofiya Andreevna Tolstaya ; Chopin's prelude / Lev Lvovich Tolstoy -- The reflections. Ruminations on Tolstoy's The Kreuzter sonata ; Epilogue to The Kreutzer sonata / Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy ; "The wife murderer" ; Letters (selection) ; Diary entries (selection) ; Diary entries (selection) ; My life (excerpts) / Sofiya Andreevna Tolstaya ; The truth about my father (excerpt) / Lev Lvovich Tolstoy ; Tolstoy: a life of my father (excerpt) / Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya -- Afterword / Andrey Tolstoy |
| Summary |
A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy's controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author's wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy's provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Kreĭt︠s︡erova sonata
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| SUBJECT |
Kreĭt︠s︡erova sonata (Tolstoy, Leo, graf) fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Katz, Michael R., translator, editor
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Tolstai︠a︡, Ekaterina, 1972- writer of preface.
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Толстая, Екатерина, 1972- writer of preface
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Tolstoy, Andrey, writer of added commentary
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Kreĭt︠s︡erova sonata. English. 2014
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Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919.
Chʹi︠a︡ vina? English.
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Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919.
Pesni︠a︡ bez slov. English.
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Tolstoĭ, Lev Lʹvovich, graf, 1869-1945.
Preli︠u︡dīi︠a︡ Shopena. English.
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Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919.
Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ. Selections. English
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Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979.
Tolstoĭ. Selections. English
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Tolstoĭ, Lev Lʹvovich, graf, 1869-1945.
Vérité sur mon père. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
9780300210392 |
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0300210396 |
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