{"product_id":"9780299307905-anna-karenina-and-others","title":"Anna Karenina and Others","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolstoy’s Labyrinth of Plots\u003cbr\u003eWith its complex structure, \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e places special demands on readers who must follow multiple plotlines and discern their hidden linkages. In her well-conceived and jargon-free analysis, Liza Knapp offers a fresh approach to understanding how the novel is constructed, how it creates patterns of meaning, and why it is much more than Tolstoy’s version of an adultery story.\u003cbr\u003eWith its complex structure, \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e places special demands on readers who must follow multiple plotlines and discern their hidden linkages. In her well-conceived and jargon-free analysis, Liza Knapp offers a fresh approach to understanding how the novel is constructed, how it creates patterns of meaning, and why it is much more than Tolstoy’s version of an adultery story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnapp provides a series of readings of \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e that draw on other works that were critical to Tolstoy’s understanding of the interconnectedness of human lives. Among the texts she considers are \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel of adultery with a divided plot; \u003cem\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/em\u003e, a multiplot novel with neighbourly love as its ideal; and Blaise Pascal’s \u003cem\u003ePensées\u003c\/em\u003e, which fascinated Tolstoy during his own religious crisis. She concludes with a tour-de-force reading of \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e that shows Virginia Woolf constructing this novel in response to Tolstoy’s treatment of \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58507347067254,"sku":"9780299307905","price":99.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39482488.jpg?v=1787235676","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780299307905-anna-karenina-and-others","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}