A Karenina CompanionAlthough Anna Karenina has been described as “the European novel” by Frank Leavis, the geographical setting of the novel and, increasingly, its temporal and cultural setting, render it a foreign novel to most readers. A Karenina Companion offers a wealth of information, including a great deal that has previously not been available in English, for the scholarly and literary appreciation of this great novel. Chapter 1 is a biographical introduction and Chapter 2 an examination of the way in which the novel was composed. In Chapter 3 the author brings together Tolstoi’s own substantial comments on his work. Chapter 4 adduces the main differences between the latest edition of the text and what has been the standard edition for over 50 years. Chapter 5 outlines what Tolstoi was reading as he was writing the novel. The final chapter provides a survey of significant secondary literature, with English-language works listed in appendices. A Karenina Companion will facilitate both the reading and understanding of the novel by English speakers and the writing of informed and reliable critical appreciations. |
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Contents
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CHAPTER 3 Tolstoi about Anna Karenina | 37 |
CHAPTER 4 A Recent Edition of Anna Karenina and its New Readings | 53 |
CHAPTER 5 Tolstois Reading 186977 | 99 |
CHAPTER 6 Notes to the English Text of Anna Karenina | 123 |
CHAPTER 7 A Survey of Criticism and Scholarship | 187 |
APPENDIX 1 EnglishLanguage Works Cited in Chapter 7 | 205 |
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| Title | A Karenina Companion |
| Author | C.J.G. Turner |
| Publisher | Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0889202257, 9780889202252 |
| Length | 220 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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