Fathers and Children 2e 父与子第二版

MichaelR.Katz’sacclaimedtranslationofTurgenev’sgreatestnovelisagainthebasisforthisNortonCriticalEdition.TheEnglishrenditionofthetitleofthisnovelhasbeenproblematicsincethebook’spublicationin1862.InhisprefatorynotetotheSecondEdition,Katzexplainshisdecisiontoreturntotheoriginaltitle,theonepreferredbytheauthorhimself:Ottsyideti,literally“FathersandChildren.”ThenovelisaccompaniedbyarichselectionofTurgenev’slettersthatillustratehisinvolvementinthecriticalcontroversythatsurroundedthepublicationofFathersandChildren.Fourofthemostsignificantcritiquesoftheday—byDmitryPisarev,NikolaiStrakhov,ApollonGrigorev,andAlexanderHerzen—furtherenhancethereader’sunderstandingofthiscriticalfirestorm.Twenty-threecriticalessays—sevenofwhicharenewtotheSecondEdition—areorganizedaroundseveralthemes:theissueoftranslation;politics,includingTurgenev’sliberalism,hisviewofrevolution,andhisattitudetowardnihilism;andvariousliteraryaspects,includingTurgenev’suseofimagery,generationalconflict,theroleofwomen,andthegrowingimpactofscienceonsociety.AChronologyofTolstoy’slifeandworkandanupdatedSelectedBibliographyarealsoincluded.