Anna karenina seems to have everything beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. Morson does not really like anna karenina the character, greta garbo not withstanding, and sees her as narcissistic. But morsons introduction reveals the novel to be much more complicated and multilayered than is usually recognized. In order for a work to be good, one must love its main basic idea, as in anna karenina i love the idea of a family, tolstoy once wrote. Tolstoy and the poetics of didactic fiction gary saul morson resurrection edward wasiolek some fateful patterns in tolstoy w. Dumas professor of the arts and humanities and professor of slavic languages and literatures at northwestern university. But morson s introduction reveals the novel to be much more complicated and multilayered than is usually recognized. In this invigorating new assessment of anna karenina, gary saul morson. Gary saul morson is professor, department of slavic languages and literatures, northwestern university. Anna karenina the margellos world republic of letters by leo tolstoy, gary saul morson, marian schwartz. The translation is the most accurate tolstoy we have in english.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The shadows of time, published by yale university press. Books about thinkers require a kind of unity that their thought may not possess. Anna karenina is usually read as simply the story of a doomed love affairwhich it is. N2 in this invigorating new assessment of anna karenina, gary saul morson overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood tolstoys characters and intentions. In his time, tolstoy was known as a nyetovshchik someone who says nyet, or no, to all prevailing opinionand war and peace discredits the prevailing views of the radical intelligentsia.
Marriage, love, and time in tolstoys anna karenina. Anna karenina is a novel by the russian writer leo tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian messenger. Morton schapiro is the president of northwestern university and a professor of economics. Tolstoys romantic anna, longsuffering karenin, dashing vronsky, and. Wilsons bookshelf morson is a splendid reader of texts, and his readings in anna karenina not only strengthen his arguments but reveal subtleties that have been hidden in plain sight for well over a century. Green apple books on the park 1231 9th avenue, sf ca 94122. Anna karenina interweaves two major storiesthe story of the destruction of anna s marriage and life and the making of levins life and marriage. Gary saul morson s most popular book is anna karenina. In this invigorating new assessment of anna karenina, gary saul morson overturns. It is hard to imagine frenchmen or englishmen, let alone americans. Explore books by gary saul morson with our selection at.
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This article originally appeared in the new criterion, volume 36 number 2, on page 4. Morson makes it clear that this book is called anna karenina in our time and not introduction to anna karenina, but the cover is right so i guess this is the book. She has twice received national endowment for the arts translation fellowships and is past. Or, what russian literature can teach conservatives. Gary saul morson has 35 books on goodreads with 5651 ratings. Gary saul morson primary author only author division. In this invigorating new assessment of anna karenina, gary saul morson overturns traditional interpretations of the. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gary saul morson books online.
In anna karenina, everyone is shocked when levin, tolstoys hero, rejects this whole way of thinking. In the thoughtprovoking introduction to this volume, gary saul morson provides unusual insights into these characters, exploring what they reveal about tolstoys radical conclusions on romantic love. Also of interest more from this author books from this series. In this invigorating new assessment ofanna karenina, gary saul morson overturns traditional interpretations of the classic novel and shows why readers have misunderstood tolstoys characters and intentions. Gary saul morson cents and sensibility uchicago arts. Dumas professor of the arts and humanities at northwestern university, coauthored, with morton schapiro, cents and sensibility princeton. Tolstoy, as the critic gary saul morson has argued, is sensitive to the fact that much of the evil in the world results not.
Morson teaches anna karenina in a course enrolling 500 studentsthe largest slavic language class offered in america. Gary saul morson is the author of anna karenina in our time 4. Anna karenina leo tolstoy, gary saul morson, marian. This article originally appeared in the new criterion, volume 38 number 1, on page 4. A detailed analysis of tolstoys anna karenina illustrates how great literature can shed light on. Seeing more wisely by gary saul morson 2007, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Leo tolstoy 18281910, russian author of war and peace 186569 andanna karenina 187477, is regarded as a master of realistic fiction and one of the worlds greatest novelists. Together these materials document tolstoys writing process and chronicle anna karenina s reception upon publication during the period 1875 77. Morson appears to have an axe to grind in the socalled culturewars, and we are on different sides.
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