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Leo Tolstoy in Conversation with Four Peasant Sectarian Writers : The Complete Correspondence by John Woodsworth (2019, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press/Les Presses DE L'universite D'ottawa
ISBN-100776627791
ISBN-139780776627793
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038420719
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Number of Pages420 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLeo Tolstoy in Conversation with Four Peasant Sectarian Writers : the Complete Correspondence
Publication Year2019
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Letters
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Woodsworth
Subject AreaSocial Science, Literary Collections, History
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight20.5 Oz
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Table Of ContentPreface A NOTE ON CALENDAR DATES AND MEASURES INTRODUCTION Leo Tolstoy, peasants, and sectarianism in the second half of nineteenth-century Russia PART I Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy and Timofej Mikhajlovich Bondarev Leo Tolstoy and Timofej Bondarev Tolstoy and Bondarev: Letters 1885-1898 PART II The Molokans and Fëdor Zheltov A brief outline of the Molokans Leo Tolstoy and Fëdor Zheltov Tolstoy and Zheltov: Letters 1887-1909 PART III The Doukhobors and Pëtr Verigin A brief outline of the Doukhobors Leo Tolstoy and Pëtr V. Verigin Tolstoy and Verigin: Letters 1895-1910 PART IV Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy and Mikhail Petrovich Novikov Leo Tolstoy and Mikhail Novikov Tolstoy and Novikov: Letters 1896-1910 BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF TOLSTOY TITLES INDEX OF NAMES
SynopsisThe theme of the peasantry is central throughout most of Tolstoy's long career. His obsession with this class is seen not just as a matter of social or humanitarian concern, but as a response to the questions of "how to live a good life" and "what is the meaning of life that an inevitable death will not destroy?" These questions plagued him his entire life. The letters he exchanged with the four major peasant sectarian writers (Bondarev, Zheltov, Verigin, and Novikov) reveal that Tolstoy was matched as a profound thinker by his correspondents, as they converse on religious-moral questions, the meaning of life and how one should strive to find it, and on a wide array of burning social and personal problems. Reading through the analysis and the extensively annotated letters as a unified whole, elucidates the progressive development of the ideas they shared (and where these diverged) and which guided Tolstoy's and his correspondents' lives. Juxtaposing Tolstoy's letters with those of his four sectarian correspondents makes them even more significant as it shows them in their original context - a dialogue, or conversation. Also, with the aim to present the conversation in an even broader context, Andrew Donskov briefly discusses Tolstoy's relationship with peasants in general as well as with each of the four individual writers in particular. In addition, he provides a background sketch of two major religious groups, namely the Doukhobors and the Molokans, both of which still claim sizeable populations of followers in North America today. Originally published in 2008 by the Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa under the title Leo Tolstoy and Russian peasant sectarian writers: Selected correspondence, the expanded University of Ottawa Press edition includes 44 letters never published in English, out of the total 155 letters. Correspondence translated by John Woodsworth. This book is published in English. - La paysannerie traverse la longue carri re de Tolsto . Son obsession avec cette classe sociale doit tre comprise non seulement comme une pr occupation sociale ou humanitaire, mais aussi comme une r ponse aux questions Comment mener une belle vie? et Quel est le sens de la vie que la mort in vitable ne saurait d truire? qui l'ont hant sa vie durant. La correspondance qu'ont chang e Tolsto et quatre crivains sectaires et li s la paysannerie (Bondarev, Zheltov, Verigin et Novikov) r v le de grands penseurs. Au fil des changes, les questions de religion et de moralit , du sens de la vie et comment faire pour le d couvrir, et d'une gamme de questions sociales et personnelles du jour sont abord es. La lecture et l'analyse de cet ensemble d' changes pistolaires enrichis de notes d taill es t moigne du d veloppement progressif des id es qu'ils partageaient (ainsi que leurs divergences), et qui ont guid la vie de chacun d'entre eux. La juxtaposition des lettres de Tolsto et de ses quatre correspondants sectaires, qui sont pr sent es dans leur contexte original de dialogue - ou de conversation - permet d'en pleinement appr cier l'importance. Dans le but de situer cette conversation dans un contexte plus grand, Andrew Donskov aborde la question de la relation qu'entretient Tolsto avec les paysans en g n ral, d'une part, de m me qu'avec chacun de ces quatre crivains, d'autre part. Il offre par ailleurs un texte de pr sentation sur les Doukhobors et les Molokans, deux groupes confessionnaux qui comptent encore aujourd'hui un nombre appr ciable d'adeptes en Am rique du Nord. Ce livre est publi en anglais., Andrew Donskov takes a critical look not only at Tolstoy's attitude towards the peasant class he so often championed for their simple ways and freedom from upper-class sophistication and pretentiousness, but more importantly, gives voice to representatives of the peasant class itself., Andrew Donskov takes a critical look not only at Tolstoy's attitude towards the peasant class he so often championed for their simple ways and freedom from upper-class sophistication and pretentiousness, but more importantly, gives voice to representatives of the peasant class itself. The theme of the peasantry is central throughout most of Tolstoy's long career. His obsession with this class is seen not just as a matter of social or humanitarian concern, but as a response to the questions of "how to live a good life" and "what is the meaning of life that an inevitable death will not destroy?" These questions plagued him his entire life. The letters he exchanged with the four major peasant sectarian writers (Bondarev, Zheltov, Verigin, and Novikov) reveal that Tolstoy was matched as a profound thinker by his correspondents, as they converse on religious-moral questions, the meaning of life and how one should strive to find it, and on a wide array of burning social and personal problems. Reading through the analysis and the extensively annotated letters as a unified whole, elucidates the progressive development of the ideas they shared (and where these diverged) and which guided Tolstoy's and his correspondents' lives. Juxtaposing Tolstoy's letters with those of his four sectarian correspondents makes them even more significant as it shows them in their original context - a dialogue, or conversation. Also, with the aim to present the conversation in an even broader context, Andrew Donskov briefly discusses Tolstoy's relationship with peasants in general as well as with each of the four individual writers in particular. In addition, he provides a background sketch of two major religious groups, namely the Doukhobors and the Molokans, both of which still claim sizeable populations of followers in North America today. Originally published in 2008 by the Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa under the title Leo Tolstoy and Russian peasant sectarian writers: Selected correspondence, the expanded University of Ottawa Press edition includes 44 letters never published in English, out of the total 155 letters. Correspondence translated by John Woodsworth. Published in English.
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