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"This first annotated translation of an 1886 work from Tolstoy marks a significant achievement in studies of the author... Though clearly aimed at Tolstoy scholars, this critical edition will be of interest to anyone attracted to Tolstoy’s unique brand of spirituality." —Publishers Weekly
“This welcome translation of Tolstoy’s striking meditation on life and mortality is illuminated by the editor’s superb introduction that traces the fate of this controversial work, while situating it in the broader context of Tolstoy’s lifelong confrontation of death, the mystery of life, and the paradox of necessity and freedom.” —Victor Brombert, author of Musings on Mortality: From Tolstoy to Primo Levi
"Tolstoy is fifty-eight years old, newly recovered from a near-fatal injury. In the face of Darwinists, positivists, the new science of psychology, and the venerable teachings of the Russian Orthodox Church, he defines life: the overcoming of pessimism by a proper understanding of part to whole, which will make us worthy of happiness. At the time, Tolstoy's radical ethics was likened to Nietzsche's.
by Leo Tolstoy (Author), Inessa Medzhibovskaya (Editor), & 1 more Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
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Kindle from AUD 23.70
Length: 264 pages Word Wise: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Editorial Reviews
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"This first annotated translation of an 1886 work from Tolstoy marks a significant achievement in studies of the author... Though clearly aimed at Tolstoy scholars, this critical edition will be of interest to anyone attracted to Tolstoy’s unique brand of spirituality." —Publishers Weekly
“This welcome translation of Tolstoy’s striking meditation on life and mortality is illuminated by the editor’s superb introduction that traces the fate of this controversial work, while situating it in the broader context of Tolstoy’s lifelong confrontation of death, the mystery of life, and the paradox of necessity and freedom.” —Victor Brombert, author of Musings on Mortality: From Tolstoy to Primo Levi
"Tolstoy is fifty-eight years old, newly recovered from a near-fatal injury. In the face of Darwinists, positivists, the new science of psychology, and the venerable teachings of the Russian Orthodox Church, he defines life: the overcoming of pessimism by a proper understanding of part to whole, which will make us worthy of happiness. At the time, Tolstoy's radical ethics was likened to Nietzsche's.
This lucid and poetic translation, meticulously annotated and introduced, restores this astonishing text to its controversial nineteenth-century context and recommends it to our own." —Caryl Emerson, author of The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature
"This new translation has two advantages over all the others.
"This new translation has two advantages over all the others.
First, it is done jointly by a native speaker of Russian . . . and of English . . . who both pay close attention to Tolstoi's language and render it as consistently as possible.
Secondly, Medzhibovskaya's annotations are extraordinarily helpful in guiding the reader through the subtleties of Tolstoi's terminology—the different words he uses for reason or love, for instance, or his varying use of pronouns (I, we, they)—and also in situating Tolstoi's thought within the cultural context of the time."
—Donna Orwin, Slavonic & East European Review
About the Author
LEO TOLSTOY (1828 –1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. He wrote novels, short stories, plays, and philosophical essays and is perhaps best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
INESSA MEDZHIBOVSKAYA is an associate professor of liberal studies and literature at Eugene Lang College and at The New School for Social Research in New York City.
MICHAEL DENNER is a professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies at Stetson University and the editor of the Tolstoy Studies Journal.
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Print Length: 264 pages
Publisher: Northwestern University Press; Critical edition (November 15, 2018)
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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
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LEO TOLSTOY (1828 –1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. He wrote novels, short stories, plays, and philosophical essays and is perhaps best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
INESSA MEDZHIBOVSKAYA is an associate professor of liberal studies and literature at Eugene Lang College and at The New School for Social Research in New York City.
MICHAEL DENNER is a professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies at Stetson University and the editor of the Tolstoy Studies Journal.
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File Size: 836 KB
Print Length: 264 pages
Publisher: Northwestern University Press; Critical edition (November 15, 2018)
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Biography
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2019
He shows clear thinking about G-d; why science cannot answer life's meaning; why many religious organizations have lost the way and most important, where the path to fulfillment and happiness lies: in helping others, whether as a nurse to her patient, as a salad maker to his customer, as an executive to her staff and her clients, as a friend, spouse, mother or father.
"The activity that is aimed at direct and loving service to those who suffer and aimed at the destruction of the general cause of suffering—delusions—is that very singular and joyous work that faces man and grants him that inalienable happiness that constitutes his life."
D'vo
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He shows clear thinking about G-d; why science cannot answer life's meaning; why many religious organizations have lost the way and most important, where the path to fulfillment and happiness lies: in helping others, whether as a nurse to her patient, as a salad maker to his customer, as an executive to her staff and her clients, as a friend, spouse, mother or father.
"The activity that is aimed at direct and loving service to those who suffer and aimed at the destruction of the general cause of suffering—delusions—is that very singular and joyous work that faces man and grants him that inalienable happiness that constitutes his life."
D'vo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019
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I wish they all had the "critical edition" treatment . really adds cultural and historic context to this amazing writing. What I call how to think. Tolstoy.
LeeS
4.0 out of 5 stars I was not disappointed!
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2018
This is my first reading of Tolstoy and I was not disappointed. I will be reading more of his work. Tolstoy observes and analyzes death in a way that is completely human. He has a deep perception of human life and what it means to suffer. Very enjoyable, but there is a lot in this book. I will be returning again and again to reread this one.
This is my first reading of Tolstoy and I was not disappointed. I will be reading more of his work. Tolstoy observes and analyzes death in a way that is completely human. He has a deep perception of human life and what it means to suffer. Very enjoyable, but there is a lot in this book. I will be returning again and again to reread this one.
