Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors : A Study in Historic Relationships, ...

Description: Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors : A Study in Historic Relationships, Paperback by Donskov, Andrew (EDT), ISBN 077662850X, ISBN-13 9780776628509, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Following the completion of his major novels, War and Peace and AnnaKarenina, in 1880, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy experienced a spiritualcrisis that led him to denounce the privileges of his social class and itsattendant material wealth, and to embrace the simple rural life of thepeasantry. In the persecuted Doukhobor sect, who also rejected militarism andchurch ritual in favour of finding God, he saw a prime example of how it waspossible to live his new-found pacifist ideals in everyday life. He was sotaken with their lifestyle, calling Doukhobors “people of the 25th century,”that in 1898, he decided to help finance their emigration en masse toCanada, away from the persecutions of the Russian church and state. [endif] Andrew Donskov’s expanded study presents an outline of Doukhoborhistory and beliefs, their harmony with Tolstoy’s lifelong aim of “unity ofpeople,” and the portrayal of Doukhobors in his writings. This edition featuresTolstoy’s complete correspondence with Doukhobor leader Pëtr Vasil’evichVerigin and a timeline on Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors today. The volumeincludes guest essays by prominent Canadian Doukhobors JanKabatoff, Eli A. Popoff, and Koozma J. Tarasoff. Supported by a considerable array of source materials, Donskov’s study willbe of relevance to anyone interested in religious, philosophical, sociological,pacifist, historical or literary studies.

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