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LEADER: 01488cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2014022379
003 DLC
005 20150623082302.0
008 140606s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014022379
020 $a9780801453342 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aNIC/DLC$beng$cNIC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-ur---
050 00 $aPG3410$b.P37 2014
082 00 $a891.73/3$223
100 1 $aPaperno, Irina,$eauthor.
245 10 $a"Who, what am I?" :$bTolstoy struggles to narrate the self /$cIrina Paperno.
264 1 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2014.
300 $ax, 229 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-221) and index.
520 $a"An account of Tolstoy's lifelong attempt to find adequate ways to represent the self, to probe its limits and, ultimately, to arrive at an identity not based on the bodily self and its accumulated life experience. This book guides readers through the voluminous, highly personal nonfiction writings that Tolstoy produced from the 1850s until his death in 1910"--$cPublisher's Web site.
600 10 $aTolstoy, Leo,$cgraf,$d1828-1910$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aRussian prose literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAutobiography$xAuthorship.
650 0 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature.
650 0 $aSelf in literature.