Tolstoy and Spirituality / / ed. by Predrag Cicovacki.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines Leo Tolstoy's unorthodox and provocative approach to spirituality, as presented in his numerous literary and his philosophico-religious works. The collection includes twelve contributions written for this volume. Its contributors are writers,...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: But to Continue the Life-For What Purpose? -- Chapter 2: Tolstoy's Fiction: Its Spiritual Legacy -- Chapter 3: What Is the Good According to Tolstoy, and How Good Can I Be? -- Chapter 4: Tolstoy's Unorthodox Catechesis: English Novels -- Chapter 5: Tolstoy and Diderot on Women as "Dangerous Objects" -- Chapter 6: Tolstoy's Divine Madness: An Analysis of The Kreutzer Sonata -- Chapter 7: The Kreutzer Sonata, Sexual Morality, and Music -- Chapter 8: A Prophet of the Family: Vasily Rozanov Reads Tolstoy -- Chapter 9: The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Death and Authentic Life -- Chapter 10: Tolstoy's Spiritual Nonviolence -- Chapter 11: Three Attempts on Carthage: Tolstoy's Designs of Nonviolent Destruction -- Chapter 12: Tolstoy's Philosophical Legacy -- Index |
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Summary: | This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines Leo Tolstoy's unorthodox and provocative approach to spirituality, as presented in his numerous literary and his philosophico-religious works. The collection includes twelve contributions written for this volume. Its contributors are writers, philosophers, literary critics, and experts in Russian literature. Six of the essays examine Tolstoy's literary works while the other six scrutinize more closely his philosophical views. The two central foci of examination are The Kreutzer Sonata and The Kingdom of God is within You. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781618118837 9783110688184 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781618118837 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Predrag Cicovacki. |