An edition of Tolstoy or Dostoevsky (1959)
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
an essay in contrast
By George Steiner
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Publish Date
1980
Publisher
Faber
Language
eng
Pages
354
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.