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Tolstoy: What Is Art? by L. N. Tolstoy (2011, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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Both critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his What is Art?. when it appeared in 1898. How was it that this great artist could condemn the works of Shakespeare, Raphael, Beethoven and even his own Anna Karenina as 'false art'?.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101853993816

ISBN-139781853993817

eBay Product ID (ePID)119063896

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

Publication NameTolstoy: What Is Art?

LanguageEnglish

SubjectRussian, Criticism & Theory, General, Russian & Former Soviet Union

Publication Year2011

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Art, Literary Collections

AuthorL. N. Tolstoy

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal700.1

SynopsisBoth critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his What is Art? when it appeared in 1898. How was it that this great artist could condemn the works of Shakespeare, Raphael, Beethoven and even his own Anna Karenina as 'false art'? Today's reader still has to grapple with that paradox. The essay still has power to challenge and provoke, for it was written by a giant who took art seriously while western civilisation toyed with it as a mere pastime. For Tolstoy, art was as natural and as necessary for humankind as speech. In his introduction to this translation, W. Gareth Jones shows how vitally Tolstoy's personality and experience of life were engaged in creating What is Art?, how integral the essay was to his art and teaching, and why it continues to demand a response from us., Both critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his What is Art? when it appeared in 1898. How was it that this great artist could condemn the works of Shakespeare, Raphael, Beethoven and even his own Anna Karenina as 'false art'? Today's reader still has to grapple with that paradox. The essay still has power to challenge and provoke, for it was written by a giant who took art seriously while western civilisation toyed with it as a mere pastime. For Tolstoy, art was as natural and as necessary for humankind as speech. In his introduction to this translation, W. Gareth Jones shows how vitally Tolstoy's personality and experience of life were engaged in creating What is Art? , how integral the essay was to his art and teaching, and why it continues to demand a response from us.