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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Description for War and Peace
Paperback. This "Critical Edition" is based on the Maude translation. The text includes three maps of Napoleon's campaigns and battles in Russia, the publication history of "War and Peace", selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries, three drafts of his introduction to the novel, and 20 critical essays. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 1200 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1058.
"Backgrounds and Sources" includes the publication history of War and Peace, selections from Tolstoy’s letters and diaries as well as three drafts of his introduction to the novel that elucidate the its evolution, and an 1868 article by Tolstoy in which he reacts to his critics.
"Criticism" includes twenty essays, seven of them new, that provide diverse perspectives on the novel by Nikolai Strakhov, V. I. Lenin, Henry James, Isaiah Berlin, D. S. Mirsky, Kathryn Feuer, Lydia Ginzburg, Richard Gustafson, Gary Saul Morson, and Caryl Emerson, among others.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are ... Read more
"Backgrounds and Sources" includes the publication history of War and Peace, selections from Tolstoy’s letters and diaries as well as three drafts of his introduction to the novel that elucidate the its evolution, and an 1868 article by Tolstoy in which he reacts to his critics.
"Criticism" includes twenty essays, seven of them new, that provide diverse perspectives on the novel by Nikolai Strakhov, V. I. Lenin, Henry James, Isaiah Berlin, D. S. Mirsky, Kathryn Feuer, Lydia Ginzburg, Richard Gustafson, Gary Saul Morson, and Caryl Emerson, among others.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393966473
SKU
V9780393966473
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About Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), a giant of world literature, is the author of many classics, including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. George Gibian was Goldwin Smith Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at Cornell University. His honors include Fulbright, Guggenheim, American Philosophical Society, and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships. He was the author of The Man in the Black Coat: Russia’s Lost ... Read more
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