Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors : A Study in Historic Relationships. Expanded and Revised Edition /

"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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Autor principal: Donskov, Andrew, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Ottawa, Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press, 2019.
Edición:Expanded and revised edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910.
Tolstoï, Leon, > 1828-1910 > Correspondance.
Tolstoï, Leon, > 1828-1910 > Pensee politique et sociale.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Correspondence.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Political and social views.
Political and social views.
Immigrants.
Dukhobors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Immigrants > Canada > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Doukhobors > Canada > Histoire.
Doukhobors > Canada (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Immigrants > Canada > History > 19th century.
Dukhobors > Canada > History.
Dukhobors > Canada, Western > History > 19th century.
Western Canada.
Canada.
Personal correspondence.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIRST EDITION
  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I THE DOUKHOBORS AND TOLSTOY
  • CHAPTER 1 The Doukhobors: An Outline of Their History and Beliefs
  • CHAPTER 2 The 'Unity of People' as Tolstoy's Lifelong Aim
  • CHAPTER 3 Tolstoy and the Tolstoyans: State and Church Opposition
  • CHAPTER 4 The Doukhobors' Journey to Canada in the Tolstoy Family's Correspondence
  • CHAPTER 5 The Doukhobors in Tolstoy's Writings
  • CHAPTER 6 Tolstoy's Correspondence with Pëtr Vasil'evich Verigin
  • Tolstoy and Verigin: Letters 1895-1910
  • CHAPTER 7 Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors Today
  • PART II GUEST ESSAYS BY THREE PROMINENT DOUKHOBORS
  • What Tolstoy Means to Me as an Artist
  • Lev Tolstoy in My Doukhobor Family Heritage
  • What Lev Tolstoy Means to Me and the Doukhobors
  • PART III ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS ON TOLSTOY AND THE DOUKHOBORS
  • Excerpts from Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada
  • Excerpts Concerning the Doukhobors from S.A. Tolstaya's Writings
  • PART IV ARCHIVAL LETTERS ON TOLSTOY AND THE DOUKHOBORS
  • Archival Letters Concerning the Doukhobors
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX 1 Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Timeline
  • APPENDIX 2 Eli A. Popoff: A Filial Tribute
  • APPENDIX 3 Chronology of Tolstoy's Letters on the Doukhobors (1891-1910)
  • APPENDIX 4 List of Sergej Tolstoy's Publications
  • APPENDIX 5 Questionnaire for Doukhobors on L.N. Tolstoy
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • Back Cover

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