Tolstoy the Man

ISBN-13: 9780803293458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 310 str.

Edward A. Steiner; A. N. Wilson

Opis

Edward A. Steiner (1866 1956) was a devotee and student of Leo Tolstoy. As part of a group of young men inspired by the work of Tolstoy, Steiner made the first of several pilgrimages to Tolstoy s home. His last pilgrimage was undertaken in 1903, when Steiner went to Russia shortly before Tolstoy s death with the express purpose of writing this work. Part homage to an ailing mentor, part analytical biography of a legendary literary figure, Tolstoy the Man brings the reader into the inner sanctum of Tolstoy s life and work.As a professor of applied Christianity, Steiner strove to present the significance of Tolstoy s unique religious and philosophical beliefs and their effects on his work and Steiner s life. Tolstoy the Man also provides a modern audience with an intimate and interesting view of prerevolutionary Russia from within. Tolstoy s religious and social views often put him at odds with his society and were often prescient of the coming political upheaval. A. N. Wilson provides a foreword for this Bison Books edition."