The Kreutzer Sonata Variations Lev Tolstoy's Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780300189940 |
Publisher: | Yale University Press |
Imprint: | Yale University Press |
Pub date: | 04 Nov 2014 |
DEWEY: | 891.733 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xxi, 356 |
Weight: | 704g |
Height: | 163mm |
Width: | 238mm |
Spine width: | 26mm |