The Architecture of Anna Karenina
A history of its writing, structure and message
Author
When criticized about the lack of architecture in Anna Karenina, connecting the themes of Levin and Anna Karenina, Tolstoj disagreed: “The arches of the vault are brought together in such a way that it is even impossible to notice where the keystone is.” This book explores the architecture, attempting to trace the pattern of the invisible pillars that support the ‘arches’ on both side of the ‘vault’, leading to the discovery of the ‘keystone’ which Tolstoj tried so hard to keep invisible.
[Not in series - Grüner, 127] 1975. 127 pp.
Publishing status: Available | Original publisher: Peter de Ridder Press
© Elisabeth Stenbock-Fermor
Table of Contents
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I. Opinions | pp. 7–26
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II. Publication | pp. 27–33
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III. Writing and Rewriting | pp. 34–40
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IV. The Candle | pp. 41–51
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V. The Search for the Meaning of Life and Death | pp. 52–64
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VI. The Railroad | pp. 65–74
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VII. The Family Idea | pp. 75–98
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VIII. From Linkage to Message | pp. 99–124
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Cited by
Cited by 4 other publications
Catherine Brown
2011. Scapegoating, Double-Plotting, and the Justice of <em>Anna Karenina</em>. The Modern Language Review 106:1 ► pp. 179 ff. 
Seifrid, Thomas
1998. Gazing on Life's Page: Perspectival Vision in Tolstoy. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 113:3 ► pp. 436 ff.
Walker, Kamila & Antonina Harbus
2023. Trains of thought: narrative foreshadowing and predictive processing in Anna Karenina. Canadian Slavonic Papers ► pp. 1 ff.
Wedel, Erwin
2020. Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič: Anna Karenina. In Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), ► pp. 1 ff.
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Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
DSB: Literary studies: general
Main BISAC Subject
LIT000000: LITERARY CRITICISM / General