Tolstoy or Dostoevsky

“Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky didn’t need George Steiner, but George Steiner always needed The Death of Ivan Ilyich or Notes from Underground.”
—George Steiner People are either Tolstoyans or Dostoyevskyists—
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George Steiner defines the genius of two giants of Russian literature with a broad vision and sharp contrast. This is a classic work about literature and literary criticism that was written out of gratitude for literature.
Among the top novels, Steiner believes that Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" and Dostoyevsky's "The Devils" and "The Brothers Karamazov" surpass the rest.
Steiner used classic literary criticism methods to analyze the two literary masterpieces. He believed that Tolstoy continued the epic style since Homer, while Dostoevsky continued the "tragic worldview."
Steiner summarized and compared these two different literary perspectives, focusing on analyzing and pointing out the profound philosophical and cultural significance of the two masters' literary views and literary works, providing us with an opportunity to deeply understand Russian culture.
Since its publication in 1960, "Tolstoy or Dostoevsky" has been reprinted continuously and has become a classic in the study of Russian literature.
Steiner's books, like Henry Moore's sculptures, are instantly recognisable: his multilingualism, his rhetoric exquisite and high-pitched, his sentiment pathetic, his masterly voice.
- Terry Eagleton In today's literary theory circle, no one can be as knowledgeable as Steiner, and no one can move between multiple languages. His charm and writing style are also rarely matched.
—The Washington Post
Steiner's criticism is unique, always ingenious and goes to the heart of the matter.
—The New York Times

2024-09-01

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