Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors : a study in historic relationships /

"Following the completion of his major novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis that led him to denounce the privileges of his social class and its attendant material wealth and embrace the simple rural life of the peasantry. In the perse...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Donskov, Andrew, 1939- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Ottawa, Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press, 2019.
Édition:Expanded and revised edition.
Sujets:
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Political and social views.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Correspondence.
Tolstoï, Léon, > 1828-1910 > Pensée politique et sociale.
Tolstoï, Léon, > 1828-1910 > Correspondance.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910
1800-1899
Dukhobors > Canada, Western > History > 19th century.
Dukhobors > Canada > History.
Immigrants > Canada > History > 19th century.
Doukhobors > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Doukhobors > Canada > Histoire.
Immigrants > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Dukhobors
Immigrants
Political and social views
Canada
Western Canada
Electronic books.
History
Personal correspondence
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Following the completion of his major novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis that led him to denounce the privileges of his social class and its attendant material wealth and embrace the simple rural life of the peasantry. In the persecuted Russian Doukhobor sect, who also rejected militarism and church ritual in favour of finding God in their hearts, he saw a prime example of how it was possible to live his new-found pacifist ideals in everyday life. He was so taken with their lifestyle, calling the Doukhobors "people of the 25th century," that, in 1898, he decided to help finance their mass emigration to Canada, away from the persecutions of the Russian church and state. Donskov's expanded study presents an outline of Doukhobor history and beliefs, their harmony with Tolstoy's lifelong aim of "unity of people", and the portrayal of Doukhobors in Tolstoy's writings. This edition features Tolstoy's complete correspondence with Doukhobor leader Pëtr Vasil'evich Verigin. Three guest essays by prominent Canadian Doukhobors are also included. Supported by a considerable array of source materials, Donskov's monograph will be of relevance to anyone interested in religious, philosophical, sociological, pacifist, historical, or literary studies."--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxviii, 455 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780776628516
0776628518
9780776628523
0776628526
9780776628530
0776628534

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