Tolstoy's 'What is Art?'

Name: Tolstoy's 'What is Art?'
Brand: Terry Diffey
SKU: 9781138780446
Price: 168.75 GBP
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by Terry Diffey

Title:

Author:

Terry Diffey

Series (if any):

Routledge Library Editions: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

172 pages

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

ISBN-13:

9781138780446

EAN:

9781138780446

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

505

Dimensions (mm):

234 x 156

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£168.75

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Description

With its demand that works of art be judged according to the their morally didactic content, Tolstoy's reviled aesthetics has seemed to exclude from the canon far too many works widely accepted as masterpieces. First published in 1985, this study argues that these are not mere oversights on the part of Tolstoy, and contends that, even if we eventually reject much of what Tolstoy concludes, his account of the nature and purpose of art is nevertheless worth consideration.