This volume examines Tolstoy's unique achievement through a number of thought-provoking essays, and the interplay of the many genres of the text, including historical fiction, war drama, romance and realism.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About This Volume.
The Book and Author.
1: On War and Peace.
2: Tolstoy's Biography and Autogenealogy.
Critical Contexts.
3: On the Meaning of Serfdom.
4: Tolstoy's Dialogue with His Readers.
5: Human Nature in Tolstoy's Epic.
6: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Napoleon.
Critical Readings.
7: Foreign Influences and Domestic Concerns.
8: Benevolence on the Battlefield.
9: The Poetic Nature of War and Peace.
10: The Russian Homer? Food, Eating, and Scenes of Dining in War and Peace.
11: Tolstoy's Connection vs. Separation Paradigm.
12: Pierre and Familyhood.
13: Orthodox Spirituality and Women's Virtue.
14: Gambling with a Constant Heart: Sonya's Inevitable Loss.
15: Trembling Napoleon and Fat Kutuzov: Bodies, Historical Figures, and Historical Determinism in War and Peace.
