SOURCE: "A Portrait of Tolstoy as Alceste," in The Phoenix and The Spider: A Book of Essays about Some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self, Harvard University Press, 1957, pp. 49-108.
In the following essay, Poggioli compares Tolstoy's character and philosophical views with those of the character Alceste in Molière's play The Misanthrope.
This is a free excerpt of 54 words. There are 27,173 words (approx.
91 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Tolstoy, Leo: Critical Essay by Renato Poggioli Access Pass.
