Tolstoy's Short Fiction, Second Edition
Tolstoy's Short Fiction, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) Leo Tolstoy, Michael R. Katz (Editor)
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 0393931501
DDC: 891.733
Edition: Paperback; 2007-12-19
Summary:
The short stories included in this volume, written between 1855 and
1905, represent the best of Tolstoy's shorter works both before War
and Peace and after Anna Karenina.The Louise and Aylmer Maude
translations of Tolstoy's short fiction have been revised by Michael
R. Katz for increased accessibility. Each story has been fully
annotated for student readers.Backgrounds and Sources includes two
Tolstoy memoirs, A History of Yesterday (1851) and The Memoirs of a
Madman (1884), as well as excerpts from Tolstoy's diaries and letters
that shed light on his ethos.Criticism is comprised of nineteen
wide-ranging analyses by both Russian and Western scholars.Included
are essays by Gary Saul Morson, Caryl Emerson, N. G. Chernyshevsky,
Mikhail Bakhtin, John Bayley, Vladimir Nabokov, N. K. Mikhailovsky,
and Donald Barthelme, among others.A Chronology and Selected
Bibliography are also included.About the Series: No other series of
classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions.
Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the
comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work
fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough
explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary
standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is
printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in
print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in
scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
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