Tolstoy and the religious culture of his time
Inessa Medzhibovskaya · 2008
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"The first book-length study on the subject in any language, Tolstoy and the Religious Culture of His Time treats Tolstoy's experience not as a conversion moment but as the evolution of his religious outlook over half a lifetime. Inessa Medzhibovskaya bases her discussion on Tolstoy's religious ongoing dialogue with the tradition of conversion in Europe and Russia, from Saint Paul to Dostoevsky, while thoroughly reexaming several of his major works from this perspective: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Il'ich, A Confession, and On Life." "Medzhibovskaya emphasizes Tolstoy's openness to diverse intellectual currents such as German romantic philosophy, the natural sciences, and the historical school of Christianity, and argues that the major landmarks of Tolstoy's spiritual evolution occurred spontaneously, deliberately, and sincerely. The polyphony and autonomy of discreet spiritual moments that Tolstoy created by fusing his narratives of conversion with the religious and artistic realms is arguably his greatest contribution to spiritual autobiography."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 405
- ISBN
- 9780739125335
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