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Leo Tolstoy’s KREUTZER SONATA-:
The resonance of paranoia
Last November, many events took place around the
world to celebrate the life and work of Leo Tolstoy, also known as
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Writing about this important event,
the Moscow correspondent of Daily Telegraph Andrew Osborn said that
“Russia now is being accused of abandoning its literary past in case
of the outstanding Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, because Russia
ignores the 100-year anniversary of his death.”
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Encounters
Part 1:
The victory odes of Pindar
The victory odes of Pindar paint for us a
cultural world that is very different from the one that we are
accustomed to. These poems are distant in terms of time, space and
sensibility. Hence, is there a purpose in seeking to enter into a
cultural world that is so different and remote from us? The answer
to this question is a categorical yes.
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