Although Anna Karenina has been described as “the European novel” by Frank Leavis, the geographical setting of the novel and, increasingly, its temporal and cultural setting, render it a foreign novel to most readers. A Karenina Companion offers a wealth of information, including a great deal that has previously not been available in English, for the scholarly and literary appreciation of this great novel.
Chapter 1 is a biographical introduction and Chapter 2 an examination of the way in which the novel was composed. In Chapter 3 the author brings together Tolstoi’s own substantial comments on his work. Chapter 4 adduces the main differences between the latest edition of the text and what has been the standard edition for over 50 years. Chapter 5 outlines what Tolstoi was reading as he was writing the novel. The final chapter provides a survey of significant secondary literature, with English-language works listed in appendices.
A Karenina Companion will facilitate both the reading and understanding of the novel by English speakers and the writing of informed and reliable critical appreciations.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 891.73/3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780889205765 0889202257
- LCCN
- PG3365
- LCCN Item number
- T85 1993eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (viii, 220 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326928 (OCoLC)243564925 (CaOOCEL)402341
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- CHAPTER 1 Tolstoi's Life between the Completion of War and Peace and the Completion of Anna Karenina 10
- CHAPTER 2 The Drafts for Anna Karenina 22
- CHAPTER 3 Tolstoi about Anna Karenina 46
- CHAPTER 4 A Recent Edition of Anna Karenina and its New Readings 62
- CHAPTER 5 Tolstoi's Reading, 1869-77 108
- CHAPTER 6 Notes to the English Text of Anna Karenina 132
- CHAPTER 7 A Survey of Criticism and Scholarship 196
- APPENDIX 1 English-Language Works Cited in Chapter 7 214
- APPENDIX 2 English-Language Bibliography since 1979 218
- Index 224
- A 224
- B 225
- C 225
- D 225
- E 226
- F 226
- G 226
- H 226
- I 226
- J 226
- K 226
- L 226
- M 227
- N 227
- O 227
- P 227
- R 227
- S 227
- T 228
- V 229
- W 229
- X 229
- Z 229
