Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
Subtitle: an essay in the old criticism
By: George Steiner.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "George Steiner's Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian master, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the continuity of a "tragic world view" from Oedipus Rex to King Lear and The Brothers Karamazov; the contrasts between the epic and dramatic modes, between irreconcilably opposed views of God and of history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index.