Introduction to Anna Karenina
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: December 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300100709
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Russian; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); General; Russian & Former Soviet Union; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; 1828-1910.; Anna Karenina; Tolstoy, Leo,; graf,
Description: "In this invigorating new assessment of Anna Karenina, Gary Saul Morson overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood Tolstoy's characters and intentions. Morson argues that Tolstoy's ideas are far more radical than has been thought. His masterpiece challenges deeply held conceptions of romantic love, the process of social reform, modernization, and the nature of good and evil. By investigating the ethical, philosophical, and social issues with which Tolstoy grappled, Morson finds in Anna Karenina powerful connections with the concerns of today. He proposes that Tolstoy's effort to see the world more wisely can deeply inform our own search for wisdom in the present day."--Book jacket.