Tolstoy Or Dostoevsky
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of comparative literary criticism, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky presents a penetrating and authoritative examination of two of the greatest novelists in the Western canon. George Steiner argues that the fundamental opposition between Tolstoy and Dostoevsky represents a profound and enduring divide in human thought — between the epic and the dramatic, the Homeric and the Shakespearean, the pagan and the Christian. With sweeping intellectual command, Steiner analyses the two writers' philosophies, narrative techniques, and moral visions, drawing on a rich breadth of European literary tradition. The result is a brilliant, combative essay that illuminates not only Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, but the very nature of great literature itself.
Author: George Steiner
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of comparative literary criticism, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky presents a penetrating and authoritative examination of two of the greatest novelists in the Western canon. George Steiner argues that the fundamental opposition between Tolstoy and Dostoevsky represents a profound and enduring divide in human thought — between the epic and the dramatic, the Homeric and the Shakespearean, the pagan and the Christian. With sweeping intellectual command, Steiner analyses the two writers' philosophies, narrative techniques, and moral visions, drawing on a rich breadth of European literary tradition. The result is a brilliant, combative essay that illuminates not only Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, but the very nature of great literature itself.