Art in Doubt: Tolstoy, Nabokov, and the Problem of Other Minds by Tatyana Gershk

Description: Art in Doubt by Tatyana Gershkovich Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Tolstoy and Nabokov seem to have sharply conflicting ideas about the purpose of literature. Tatyana Gershkovich undermines this familiar opposition by identifying a shared fear at the root of their seemingly antithetical aesthetics: that ones experience of the world might be entirely ones own, private and impossible to share through art. Publisher Description Leo Tolstoys and Vladimir Nabokovs radically opposed aesthetic worldviews emanate from a shared intuition—that approaching a text skeptically is easy, but trusting it is hard Two figures central to the Russian literary tradition—Tolstoy, the moralist, and Nabokov, the aesthete—seem to have sharply conflicting ideas about the purpose of literature. Tatyana Gershkovich undermines this familiar opposition by identifying a shared fear at the root of their seemingly antithetical aesthetics: that ones experience of the world might be entirely ones own, private and impossible to share through art.Art in Doubt: Tolstoy, Nabokov, and the Problem of Other Minds reconceives the pairs celebrated fiction and contentious theorizing as coherent, lifelong efforts to reckon with the problem of other peoples minds. Gershkovich demonstrates how the authors shared yearning for an impossibly intimate knowledge of others formed and deformed their fiction and brought them through parallel logic to their rival late styles: Tolstoys rustic simplicity and Nabokovs baroque complexity. Unlike those authors for whom the skeptical predicament ends in absurdity or despair, Tolstoy and Nabokov both hold out hope that skepticism can be overcome, not by force of will but with the right kind of text, one designed to withstand our impulse to doubt it. Through close readings of key canonical works—Anna Karenina, The Kreutzer Sonata, Hadji Murat, The Gift, Pale Fire—this book brings the twin titans of Russian fiction to bear on contemporary debates about how we read now, and how we ought to. Author Biography TATYANA GERSHKOVICH is an associate professor of Russian studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Details ISBN 0810145537 ISBN-13 9780810145535 Title Art in Doubt Author Tatyana Gershkovich Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 272 Publisher Northwestern University Press GE_Item_ID:142066316; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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