Tolstoy or Dosteovsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism

By George Steiner

Book Overview

George Steiner's Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian master, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the continuity of a "tragic world view" from Oedipus Rex to King Lear and The Brothers Karamazov; the contrasts between the epic and dramatic modes, between irreconcilably opposed views of God and of history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226772268
• ISBN13: 9780226772264
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.