Wonder Confronts Certainty
Author | : Gary Saul Morson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2023-05-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674971806 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674971809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (809 Downloads) |
Download or read book Wonder Confronts Certainty written by Gary Saul Morson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Saul Morson brings to life the intense intellectual debates shaping two centuries of Russian writing. Dialogues of great writers with philosophical wanderers and blood-soaked radicals reveal a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded wonder, rendering the Russian literary canon at once distinctive and universally human.