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What Is Art?

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Book Description
During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is Art?, published in 1898. Impassioned and iconoclastic, this powerfully influential work both criticizes the elitist nature of art in nineteenth-century Western society, and rejects the idea that its ... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingPaperback (25 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages240
ISBN-100140446427
ISBN-13978-0140446425
Publication Date01/01/1996
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About Leo Tolstoy (Author) : Leo Tolstoy was a published adapter and an author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Leo Tolstoy include Death of Ivan Ilyich, War and Peace (Unabridged), Anna... more
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About Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) : Larissa Volokhonsky is a published author and a translator. Some of the published credits of Larissa Volokhonsky include Notes from Underground (Everyman's Library, 271), Anna Karenina (Penguin Classi... more
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About Richard Pevear (Translator) : Richard Pevear is a published author and a translator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Richard Pevear include Notes from Underground (Everyman's Library, 271), Anna Karenina (Peng... more
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