Dmitry Merezhkovsky's L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky Part 1 Pages 1-121
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Please join us for a 3 Part discussion series on Dmitry Merezhkovsky's 1902 310 page essay L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, one of the earliest essays to compare and contrast the philosophy and world views of both authors, and particularly invaluable in this case as an actual contemporary reaction to their writings. It was Merezhkovsky who coined the phrases "seer of the flesh" for Tolstoy and "seer of the soul" for Dostoevsky. Please read up to Page 121 in the PDF.
L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky was a literary essay (often referred to as a literary-critical essay) written by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and published between 1900 and 1901 in Mir Iskusstva magazine. The essay explored a comparison between the creativity and worldview of Leo Tolstoy and that of Fyodor Dostoevsky. The author worked on his research from 1898 to 1902 and its publication coincided with Leo Tolstoy's excommunication by Most Holy Synod and drew wide public response. L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky is considered the most significant work of Merezhkovsky in the genre of literary research and was subsequently recognized as the most detailed and accurate study of Leo Tolstoy's work.
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https://archive.org/details/tolstoiasmanarti00mereuoft