Continuum Books is pleased to announce that Jeff Love's "Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed" is now available!

[Kris R]

Continuum Books is pleased to announce that Jeff Love's "Tolstoy: A Guide
for the Perplexed" is now available!<p>

Visit us online at www.continuumbooks.com!<P>

Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) is one of the most important
writers in the Western tradition. His two great, giant novels, War and Peace
and Anna Karenina, are regarded as pinnacles of the genre; they cover an
enormous range of basic human experiences with a precision and probing
spirit that, in the words of one critic, are simply 'unmatched by any other
writer.' 
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This guide offers students a clear introduction to Tolstoy's literary works
from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including Hadji Murat
and 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich'. The guide also covers major themes including
sex, death, authority and evil and offers an overview of Tolstoy's religious
and philosophical thought. 
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A final chapter assesses his lasting influence in the spheres of literature
and culture, religion and philosophy and on major figures including Joyce,
Ghandi, Wittgenstein and Heidegger. This is a comprehensive and readable
guide to one of the most remarkable writers and thinkers of the nineteenth
century.
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Jeff Love is Associate Professor of German and Russian at Clemson
University, USA.  He is author of The Overcoming of History in 'War and
Peace' (Rodopi, 2004).

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