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Gustave Flaubert
- 14 - Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880): Realism and aestheticismFrom "The Cambridge Companion to the European Novel". By Timothy Unwin; Edited by Michael Bell, University of Warwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521515047.016
pp 244-258
Nikolai Gogol
- Gogol: The GreatcoatIn this essay Peace examines the role of word play in “The Overcoat,” which, he argues, elucidates Gogol's central device of having the external world act as a metaphor for the internal world of the main character. From: The Voice of a Giant: Essays on Seven Russian Prose Classics
Publisher: University of Exeter
Reprint In: Short Story Criticism(Vol. 29. )
Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780826493798Publication Date: 2008-11-25Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) is one of the most important writers in the Western tradition. His two great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, cover an enormous range of basic human experiences with a precision and probing spirit that, in the words of one critic, are simply "unmatched by any other writer." This guide offers students a clear introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including Hadji Murat and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The guide also covers major themes including sex, death, authority and evil and offers an overview of Tolstoy's religious and philosophical thought. A final chapter assesses his lasting influence in the spheres of literature and culture, religion and philosophy and on major figures including Joyce, Ghandi, Wittgenstein and Heidegger.
- Leo Tolstoy: Resident and StrangerGustafson, Richard F. Leo Tolstoy : Resident and Stranger. Princeton University Press, 2014. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=nlebk&AN=791238&site=eds-live.
- Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych"Williams, Michael V. Studies in Short Fiction, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer 1984, p. 229. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=f5h&AN=9271304&site=eds-live.
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- Short Stories for Students This link opens in a new windowProvides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance. [Digital access from Volume 1 through the current edition]