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Tolstoy On War : Narrative Art and Historical Truth in "War and Peace".
Title:
Tolstoy On War : Narrative Art and Historical Truth in "War and Peace".
Author:
McPeak, Rick.
ISBN:
9780801465895
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- 1. Tolstoy on War, Russia, and Empire -- 2. The Use of Historical Sources in 'War and Peace' -- 3. Moscow in 1812: Myths and Realities -- 4. The French at War: Representations of the Enemy in 'War and Peace' -- 5. Symposium of Quotations: Wit and Other Short Genres in 'War and Peace' -- 6. The Great Man in 'War and Peace' -- 7. 'War and Peace' from the Military Point of View -- 8. Tolstoy and Clausewitz: The Duel as a Microcosm of War -- 9. The Awful Poetry of War: Tolstoy's Borodino -- 10. Tolstoy and Clausewitz: The Dialectics of War -- 11. The Disobediences of 'War and Peace' -- 12 Tolstoy the International Relations Theorist -- 'War and Peace' at West Point -- Notes -- Works Cited -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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