'Who, What Am I?' - Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self

"An account of Tolstoy's lifelong attempt to find adequate ways to represent the self, to probe its limits and, ultimately, to arrive at an identity not based on the bodily self and its accumulated life experience. This book guides readers through the voluminous, highly personal nonfiction writings that Tolstoy produced from the 1850s until his death in 1910"--

Summary

A deeply-informed account of Tolstoy's lifelong attempt to find adequate ways to represent the self, to probe its limits and, ultimately, to arrive at an identity not based on the bodily self and its accumulated life experience.

Product details

• Authors: Irina Paperno
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2014
• EAN: 9780801453342
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-5334-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology