Redemption and Two Other Plays

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Redemption and Two Other Plays by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ISBN: 9781465516350
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
ISBN: 9781465516350
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
After making a production of Redemption, the chief feeling of the producer is one of deep regret that Tolstoi did not make more use of the theatre as a medium. His was the rare gift of vitalization: the ability to breathe life into word-people which survives in them so long as there is any one left to turn up the pages they have made their abode. In the world of writing, many terms that should be illuminative have become meaningless. So often has the barren been called "pregnant," the chill of death "the breath of life," the atrophied "pulsating," that when we really come upon a work with beating heart we find it difficult to give it place that has not already been stuffed to suffocation with misplaced dummies. We seat it at table with staring wax figures and bid it to join the feast. There is no exclusion act in art, no passport bureau, not even hygienic segregation. In writing the briefest introduction to Tolstoi's work, I am appointed by the publisher, a sort of reception committee of one to escort the work to some fitting place where it may enjoy the surroundings and deference it deserves
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
After making a production of Redemption, the chief feeling of the producer is one of deep regret that Tolstoi did not make more use of the theatre as a medium. His was the rare gift of vitalization: the ability to breathe life into word-people which survives in them so long as there is any one left to turn up the pages they have made their abode. In the world of writing, many terms that should be illuminative have become meaningless. So often has the barren been called "pregnant," the chill of death "the breath of life," the atrophied "pulsating," that when we really come upon a work with beating heart we find it difficult to give it place that has not already been stuffed to suffocation with misplaced dummies. We seat it at table with staring wax figures and bid it to join the feast. There is no exclusion act in art, no passport bureau, not even hygienic segregation. In writing the briefest introduction to Tolstoi's work, I am appointed by the publisher, a sort of reception committee of one to escort the work to some fitting place where it may enjoy the surroundings and deference it deserves

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Cœur de panthère by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Fígaro (Artículos selectos) by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Aztec Land by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte De La Manche (Completet) by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book A Rebel's Recollections by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book The Trial Path, Impressions of an Indian Childhood and Why I am a Pagan by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Domitia by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Curious Epitaphs: Collected from the Graveyards of Great Britain and Ireland by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints From the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky. No. 1: Practical Occultism—Occultism Versus the Occult, Arts—The Blessings of Publicity by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book A Yacht Voyage Round England by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Essays on Psychology and Crime by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Auld Licht Idylls by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book Tales of the Trail: Short Stories of Western Life by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. III From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Cover of the book The History of the Fabian Society by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy