Heretical Orthodoxy: Lev Tolstoi and the Russian Orthodox Church
"Throughout his long life, Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910) grappled with the major questions of human existence. Who are we? What is the purpose of life? Where are we going? (Paperno 2014) Almost all his major fictional characters are concerned with these questions and give different answer...
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge University Press
2022
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| Dans: | Année: 2022 |
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Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič 1828-1910
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KDF Église orthodoxe |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Tolstoy, Leo graf (1828-1910)
Religion
B Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ |
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| Résumé: | "Throughout his long life, Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910) grappled with the major questions of human existence. Who are we? What is the purpose of life? Where are we going? (Paperno 2014) Almost all his major fictional characters are concerned with these questions and give different answers to them (Orwin 1993). In the autobiographical trilogy Childhood, Boyhood and Youth, the protagonist 'tries out' various philosophical beliefs, seeking to find what can give meaning to human life. These are also the aspects that elevate War and Peace from being a purely historical epic to becoming an existential drama"-- |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 278-297 |
| ISBN: | 1009260405 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009260374 |