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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky : An Essay in the Old Criticism, Second Edition
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky An Essay in the Old Criticism Second Edition
Author: George Steiner
George Steiner`s Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian masters, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the continuity of a "tragic world view" from Oedipus Rex ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300069174
ISBN-10: 0300069170
Publication Date: 10/30/1996
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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In Real Prescences, George Steiner examines the manifestations of the "sacred" throughout the canon of Western Art. He considers how the concept of "art" and "sacredness" fit within a Christiam schemata. Unlike other authors, Steiner, does not give easy, facile answers, but interacts deeply and meaingfully with some of the greatest thinkers and artist in Western philosophy, history, and art.

Along with Steiner's book, Madeleine L'Engle's _Walking on Water_ and Dorothy L. Sayer's _The Mind of the Maker_ should be considered essential reads.


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