'Anna Karenina' in Our Time - Seeing More Wisely

Informationen zum Autor Gary Saul Morson is Frances Hooper Professor of Arts and Humanities and professor of Slavic languages! Northwestern University. Morson teaches Anna Karenina in a course enrolling 500 students--the largest Slavic Language class offered in America. Among his previous books is the award-winning Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time! published by Yale University Press. Klappentext An assessment of "Anna Karenina"! this book overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood Tolstoy's characters and intentions. It offers analyses of Anna! Karenin! Dolly! Levin! and other characters! with a particularly subtle portrait of Anna's extremism and self-deception. Zusammenfassung An assessment of "Anna Karenina"! this book overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood Tolstoy's characters and intentions. It offers analyses of Anna! Karenin! Dolly! Levin! and other characters! with a particularly subtle portrait of Anna's extremism and self-deception.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Saul Morson, MORSON GARY SAUL
• Assisted by: Gary Saul Morson (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2007
• EAN: 9780300100709
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10070-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Russian Literature and Thought; Russian Literature and Thought Series; Russian Literature and Thought Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies