The Death of Tolstoy : Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910 /

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In the middle of the night of October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the most famous man in Russia, vanished. A secular saint revered for his literary genius, pacificism, and dedication to the earth and the poor, Tolstoy had left his home in secret to embark on a final journey. His disappearance immediately...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nickell, William, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Death and burial.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Appreciation > Russia.
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages & Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
Intellectual life.
Art appreciation.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Europe / General.
HISTORY.
Russia.
Russie > Vie intellectuelle > 1801-1917.
Russia > Intellectual life > 1801-1917.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The family crisis as a public event
  • Narrative transfigurations of Tolstoy's final journey
  • The media at Astapovo and the creation of a modern pastoral
  • Tolstoyan violence upon the funeral rites of the state
  • On or about November 1910
  • Conclusion : the posthumous notes of Fyodor Kuzmich.

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