{"product_id":"tolstoy-an-approach-bound-with-dostoevsk","title":"Tolstoy An Approach Bound With Dostoevsk","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains two concise works by the innovative twentieth-century literary critic Janko Lavrin, offering accessible and thoughtful introductions to the two greatest Russian novelists. It provides a perfect point of access into the often bewildering world of Russian literature, and the troubled geniuses which created it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eTolstoy: An Approach, first published in 1944, is an attempt to interpret Tolstoy as an artist and thinker in light of the twentieth-century experience: specifically, it seeks to discern the relationship between Tolstoy the novelist and Tolstoy the religious pseudo-prophet, thereby articulating the contours of his most essential ethical and psychological insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky: A Study\u003c\/i\u003e, published first in 1943, Lavrin suggests a wide range of valuable observations and intriguing possibilities, exploring the enigmatic and perennially fascinating Dostoevsky in terms of the inter-connections between his life, his thought, his relationships, his writing, and the socio-cultural circumstances in which he found himself. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195923865982,"sku":"NW9781138780996","price":141.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781138780996.jpg?v=1778598511","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/tolstoy-an-approach-bound-with-dostoevsk","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}