The Kreutzer sonata variations : Lev Tolstoy's Novella and counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy / translated and edited by Michael R. Katz ; with a foreword by Ekaterina Tolstaya and an afterword by Andrey Tolstoy.
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 neglect...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Russian |
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New Haven ; London :
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2014.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 336 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780300210392 0300210396 |