Tolstoy As Man And Artist With An Essay On Dostoyevsky

Author : Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 161 pages
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Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781513288123

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Tolstoy As Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoyevsky by Dmitry Merezhkovsky Pdf

Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoevsky (1901) is a work of literary criticism by Dmitriy Merezhkovsky. Having turned from his work in poetry to a new, spiritually charged interest in fiction, Merezhkovsky sought to develop his theory of the Third Testament, an apocalyptic vision of Christianity’s fulfillment in twentieth century humanity. In this collection of essays on Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Merezhkovsky explores the spiritual dimensions of the written word by examining the interconnection of being and writing for two of Russian literature’s most iconic writers. For Dmitriy Merezhkovsky, an author who always wrote with philosophical and spiritual purpose, the figure of the artist as a human being is a powerful tool for understanding the quality and focus of that artist’s work. Leo Tolstoy, author of such classics as War and Peace and Anna Karenina, developed a reputation as an ascetic, deeply spiritual man who envisioned his art as an extension of his political and religious beliefs. Dostoevsky, while perhaps more interested in the psychological aspects of human life, pursued a similar path in such novels as The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment. In Merezhkovsky’s view, these writers came to embody in their lives and works the particularly Russian conflict between truths both human and divine. Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoevsky is an invaluable text both for its analysis of its subjects and for its illumination of the philosophical concepts explored by Merezhkovsky throughout his storied career. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Dmitriy Merezhkovsky’s Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoevsky is a classic work of Russian literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015005500361

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Author : Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 80 pages
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Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230303766

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Tolstoi As Man and Artist; with an Essay on Dostoïevski by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV If in the literature of all ages and nations we wished to find the artist most contrary to Tolstoi we should have to point to Dostoievski. I say contrary, but not remote, not alien; for often they come in contact, like extremes that meet. The "heroes" of Tolstoi, as we have seen, are not so much heroes as victims. In them the human individuality, without being perfected to the full, is swallowed up in the elements. And as there is not a single heroic will ruling over all, so there is not one uniting tragic action: there are only separate tragic nodi and situations--the separate waves which rise and fall in purposeless motion, not guided by a current within, but only by external forces. The fabric of the work, like the fabric of humanity itself, apparently begins nowhere and ends nowhere. With Dostoievski there is throughout a human personality carried to the extremes of individuality, drawing and developing from the dark animal roots to the last radiant summits of spirituality. Throughout there is the conflict of heroic will with the element of moral duty and conscience, as in Raskolnikov; with that of passion, refined, deliberate, as in Svidrigailov and Versilov; in conflict with the will of the people, the State, the polity, as in Peter Verkhovenski, Stavrogine, and Shatov; and lastly in conflict with metaphysical and religious mystery, as in Ivan Karamazov,1 Prince Myshkine, and Kirillov. Passing through the furnace of these conflicts, the fire of enflaming passions and still more enflaming will, the kernel of human individuality, the inward ego, remains undissolved and is laid bare. "I am bound to display self-will," says Kirillov in the Damons, to whom suicide, which seems the limit of self-abnegation, is in fact the...

Author : Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 342 pages
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Release : 2014-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1295533162

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Tolstoi As Man and Artist by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky Pdf

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : Dmitrii Sergeevich Merezhkovskii
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
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Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0742691039

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Tolstoi As Man and Artist, with an Essay on Dostoievski by Dmitrii Sergeevich Merezhkovskii Pdf

Author : Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865-19 Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
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Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1371547327

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TOLSTOI AS MAN & ARTIST W/AN E by Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865-19 Merezhkovsky Pdf

Author : Saratovski I Gosudarstvenny I Universitet Im Ng Chernyshevsk
Publisher : Legare Street Press
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Tolstoi As Man and Artist by Saratovski I Gosudarstvenny I Universitet Im Ng Chernyshevsk Pdf

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Author : Dmimitry Sergieevich Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
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Release : 1969
Category : Russian literature
ISBN : LCCN:03000891

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Author : George Steiner
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780571266494

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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky by George Steiner Pdf

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 masters, 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.

Author : George Steiner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781480411913

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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky by George Steiner Pdf

The first book of criticism from the acclaimed author of After Babel—a “provocative and probing” look at Russian literature’s most influential writers (The New York Times). “Literary criticism,” writes Steiner, “should arise out of a debt of love.” Abiding by his own rule, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky is an impassioned work, inspired by Steiner’s conviction that the legacies of these two Russian masters loom over Western literature. By explaining how Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky differ from each other, Steiner demonstrates that when taken together, their work offers the most complete portrayal of life and the tension between the thirst for knowledge on one hand and the longing for mystery on the other. An instant classic for scholars of Russian literature and casual readers alike, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky explores two powerful writers and their opposing modes of approaching the world, and the enduring legacies wrought by their works.

Author : Elizabeth Cheresh Allen
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781618119230

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Before They Were Titans by Elizabeth Cheresh Allen Pdf

Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are the titans of Russian literature. As mature artists, they led very different lives and wrote vastly different works, but their early lives and writings display provocative kinships, while also indicating the divergent paths the two authors would take en route to literary greatness. The ten new critical essays here, written by leading specialists in nineteenth-century, Russian literature, give fresh, sophisticated readings to works from the first decade of the literary life of each Russian author—for Dostoevsky, the 1840s; for Tolstoy, the 1850s. Collectively, these essays yield composite portraits of these two artists as young men finding their literary way. At the same time, they show how the early works merit appreciation for themselves, before their authors were Titans.

Author : William J. Leatherbarrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-11-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521386012

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Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov by William J. Leatherbarrow Pdf

This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read literary masterpieces. Each book is devoted to a full acount of its historical, cultural, and intellectual background, a discussion of its influence, and a guide to further reading.

Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788075833143

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Tolstoy: What is Art? & Wherein is Truth in Art (Essays on Aesthetics and Literature) by Leo Tolstoy Pdf

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents Introduction: Leo Tolstoy - Biography What is Art? Wherein Is Truth In Art? On the Significance of Science and Art Shakespeare and the Drama The Works of Guy De Maupassant A. Stockham'sTokology Amiel's Diary S. T. Seménov's Peasant Stories Stop and Think! Criticisms on Tolstoy: "Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky" by Maurice Baring My Literary Passions: "Tolstoy" by William Dean Howells Essays on Russian Novelists: "Tolstoi" by William Lyon Phelps "Tolstoy the Artist" and "Tolstoy the Preacher" by Ivan Panin "Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity" by G. K. Chesterton The Critical Game: "Tolstoy" by John Macy "Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor" by Isabel Hapgood Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy or Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.

Author : V. V. Zenkovsy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317851158

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History Russian Philosophy V1 by V. V. Zenkovsy Pdf

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : George Steiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Epic literature
ISBN : 0571116264

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Tolstoy Or Dostoevsky by George Steiner Pdf

This critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel provides detailed plot summaries of the authors' works and draws on references to Homer, Shakespeare, Flaubert, Zola and Henty in order to illustrate the themes.