UID:
edocfu_9959242627002883
Format:
1 online resource (379 pages)
ISBN:
0-300-21039-6
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Th e Tolstoy Family Story Contest --
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The Kreutzer Sonata --
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Whose Fault? --
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Chopin's Prelude --
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Ruminations on Tolstoy's --
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Epilogue to The Kreutzer Sonata --
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"The Wife Murderer" --
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Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy's Letters, 1889- 91 --
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Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy's Diary, 1889- 1900 --
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Excerpts from Sofi ya Adreevna Tolstaya's Diary --
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Excerpts from My Life --
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Excerpt from The Truth About My Father --
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Excerpt from Tolstoy: A Life of My Father --
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Afterword --
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Selected Bibliography of Works in English
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-18994-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-01693-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300210392
