Tolstoy Conference

[Donna Orwin]

Dear Justin,

Check the web site.  It's in place, and we've also sent the announcement to H-
Russia, in case you haven't done so.  Sounds like a great conference, by the
way.

Best,  Donna

Justin Weir wrote:

> The Over-Examined Life: New Perspectives on Tolstoy
>
> Monologist, moralist, (anti-)novelist, hyper-realist, and aristocratic bard
> of peasant and field... We are all familiar with the accepted notions of
> Tolstoy's art and thought. How can we experience the shock of the new again
> in our approach to Tolstoy? How can we "defamiliarize" our cherished ideas
> about the great defamiliarizer himself?
>
> The Harvard University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and
> Davis Center for Russian Studies will host a two-day conference on April 19-
> 20, 2002 devoted to new perspectives on the life and work of Lev Tolstoy.
> This conference aims to bring together diverse approaches and revisit the
> foundations of Tolstoy scholarship. We seek papers that explicitly address
> much-beloved notions about the Great Master, and subject to critical
> inquiry the traditions and familiar assumptions of interpreting Tolstoy.
>
> Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit paper proposals
> by September 15, 2001. Abstracts may be sent to Julie A. Buckler
> (buckler at fas.harvard.edu) or Justin Weir (weir at fas.harvard.edu), Department
> of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Barker Center, 12
> Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
>
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