The Kreutzer Sonata Variations

The Kreutzer Sonata Variations
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9780300210392
ISBN-13 : 0300210396
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Book Synopsis The Kreutzer Sonata Variations by : Michael R. Katz

Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata Variations written by Michael R. Katz and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy’s controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author’s wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy’s provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society.


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