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Key dimensions of Tolstoy's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. While the essays focus on Tolstoy's artistic production, the introduction provides a brief, unified account of the man for whom art was only one activity among many. The essays are enhanced by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.
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This page intentionally left blank I'hc Cambridge (Companion to Tolstoy Best known for his great novels. War and Peace and Anna Karenma, Tolstoy remains one the most important nineteenth-century writers; throughout his career, which spanned nearly three-quarters of a century, he wrote fiction, journalistic essays, and educational textbooks. The specially commissioned essays in The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy do justice to the sheer volume of Tolstoy's writing. Key dimensions of his writing and life are explored in essays focusing on his relationship to popular writing, the issue of gender and sexuality in his fiction, and his aesthetics. The introduction provides a brief, unified account of the man, for whom art was only one activity among many. The volume is well supported by supplementary material including a derailed guide to further reading and a chronology of Tolstoy's life, the most comprehensive compiled in English to date. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO LITERATURE The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy edited by P. E. Eastcrling The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature edited by Malcolm Goddcn and Michael Lapidge The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance edited by Roberta L. Krcugcr The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theater edited by Richard Beadle The C