Author : Ruth Crego Benson
Publisher : Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Literary Criticism
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Book Description
Tolstoy had, Ruth Crego Benson shows, a double view of women as both angel and devil, a view which was an outgrowth of the lifelong conflict between his conscience and his instincts. This book explores in depth Tolstoy's attitudes toward women (in the context of love, marriage, and the family) as reflected in his treatment of femaile characters in Family happiness, War and peace, Anna Karenina, and The Kreutzer sonata. An analysis of The Cossacks, "The devil," and "Father Sergius" is also included.