The Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy had reason enough to lead a happy life. Born into an aristocratic and wealthy family in 1828, his material needs were easily met. His greatest no...
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The Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) ranks as one of the world's great writers, and his War and Peace has been called the greatest novel ever written.Leo Tolstoy was one ...
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Few writers and thinkers have had the widespread, long-lasting influence of Russia's Leo Tolstoy. Besides creating War and Peace and Anna Karenina, two of the most celebrated novels in world literatur...
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Leo Tolstoy is one of the most important novelists in Western literature. The breadth of his vision and the range of his accomplishments are immense. His 1928- 1958 collected works comprise 90 volumes...
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In the following essay, Salys investigates the function of objects, imagery, and metaphorical language in The Death of Ivan Ilyich, contending that “although objects and language both point the...
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In the following essay, Hustis examines the relationship between death and Tolstoy's narrative, contending that The Death of Ivan Ilych allows readers to circumvent the subjectivity of death an...
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In the following essay, Slattery considers the literal and metaphorical significance of wounds and disease in Tolstoy's novella.
The gods have become diseases; Zeus no longer rules Olympus b...
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In the following essay, Gutsche explores various Christian and moral interpretations of The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
“So that's it!” he suddenly pronounced aloud. “What joy...
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In the following essay, Miller provides an existentialist perspective on Tolstoy's novella.
Edmund Burke observes in his essay on our experience of the sublime and the beautiful “that...
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In the following essay, Rogers considers the influence of the work of Charles Dickens on Tolstoy's fiction, particularly upon The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Writing to Dickens in 1849, Irinarx Vv...
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In the following excerpt, Engelberg establishes parallels between Tolstoy's novella, Anton Chekhov's tale “A Dreary Story,” and Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Tolst...
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In the following essay, Patterson maintains that “Ivan's difficulty lies not in saying yes to death but in distinguishing between life and death, that is, in perceiving the substance of ...
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In the following essay, Banks compares the portrayal of illness in Tolstoy's novella and Tillie Olsen's “Tell Me a Riddle.”
We shall not cease from exploration And the e...
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In the following essay, Jahn offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and places it within the context of Tolstoy's post-conversion works.
Most readers of The Dea...
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In the following essay, Danaher asserts that Tolstoy's utilization of light and dark imagery in The Death of Ivan Ilyich: “serve a narrative function in the text, entering systematically...
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
This story deals with a man who is consumed by superficiality. This attitude governs many of Ivan’s life choices, and in doing so constructs a life that is devoid of lo...
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Teaching The Death of Ivan Ilych
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Leo (Nikolaevich) Tolstoy
Critical Essay by Rima Salys
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich": A Life Wasted on Superficiality
