Tolstoy: An Approach bound with Dostoevsky: A Study

<p>This volume contains two concise works by the innovative twentieth-century literary critic Janko Lavrin offering accessible and thoughtful introductions to the two greatest Russian novelists. It provides a perfect point of access into the often bewildering world of Russian literature and the troubled geniuses which created it. </p><p>Tolstoy: An Approach first published in 1944 is an attempt to interpret Tolstoy as an artist and thinker in light of the twentieth-century experience: specifically it seeks to discern the relationship between Tolstoy the novelist and Tolstoy the religious pseudo-prophet thereby articulating the contours of his most essential ethical and psychological insights.</p><p>In <i>Dostoevsky: A Study</i> published first in 1943 Lavrin suggests a wide range of valuable observations and intriguing possibilities exploring the enigmatic and perennially fascinating Dostoevsky in terms of the inter-connections between his life his thought his relationships his writing and the socio-cultural circumstances in which he found himself. </p>