Fathers and Children (NCE) Second Edition: A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Turgenev, Ivan; Katz, Michael R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393927970 ISBN 13: 9780393927979

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

The English rendition of the title of this novel has been problematic since the book's publication in 1862. In his prefatory note to the Second Edition, Katz explains his decision to return to the original title, the one preferred by the author himself: Ottsy i deti, literally "Fathers and Children." The novel is accompanied by a rich selection of Turgenev's letters that illustrate his involvement in the critical controversy that surrounded the publication of Fathers and Children. Four of the most significant critiques of the day-by Dmitry Pisarev, Nikolai Strakhov, Apollon Grigorev, and Alexander Herzen-further enhance the reader's understanding of this critical firestorm. Twenty-three critical essays-seven of which are new to the Second Edition-are organized around several themes: the issue of translation; politics, including Turgenev's liberalism, his view of revolution, and his attitude toward nihilism; and various literary aspects, including Turgenev's use of imagery, generational conflict, the role of women, and the growing impact of science on society. A Chronology of Tolstoy's life and work and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael R. Katz is the C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. He has published translations of more than fifteen Russian novels, including Fathers and Children and Notes from Underground. He lives in Cornwall, Vermont. Michael R. Katz is the C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. He has published translations of more than fifteen Russian novels, including Fathers and Children and Notes from Underground. He lives in Cornwall, Vermont.

From the Back Cover:

The character of Barzarov, the radical intellectual, moves like a storm cloud through this sensuous, beautifully paced account of provincial Russia in the period just before the Great Emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Turgenev's greatest literary creation is as compelling and as enigmatic as the country whose passions he so vividly represents.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393927970
• ISBN 13: 9780393927979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432