War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
Reading and Meeting Schedule
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Volume One
Google Meet: Sun, June 9, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Twitter: Tues, June 11, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Volume Two
Google Meet: Sun, July 14, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Twitter: Tues, July 16, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Volume Three
Google Meet: Sun, August 11, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Twitter: Tues, August 13, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Volume Four & Epilogue
Google Meet: Sun, September 8, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
Twitter: Tues, September 10, 2024, 8-9 PM EST
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General Resources:
The Ideal Guide to War and Peace: War and Peace Resources at Your Fingertips
Tolstoy Chronology from Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy
Reading Guide: from Penguin Random House
Map of Imperial Russia from The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature
Excerpt on Tolstoy from The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature
Excerpt from A History of Russia (Riasanovsky, Steinberg)
Podcasts:
"Tolstoy" from In Our Time podcast
"War and Peace (Book 1, Part 1)" from The Slavic Literature Pod
"On Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'" from Writ Large
"War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide" from Redcircle
"Episode 147: Leo Tolstoy" from The History of Literature
Videos:
"Why should you read Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'? - Brendan Pelsue" from TED-Ed
"How to Read Tolstoy's War and Peace" from Benjamin McEvoy via YouTube
"Reading WAR & PEACE for the First Time" from Leaf by Leaf
Great Courses Lectures:
"Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, 1828–1910" (Lecture 16)
"Tale of Two Cities and a Country Home" (Lecture 17)
"Family Life Meets Military Life" (Lecture 18)
Online Articles:
"Ten Things You Need to Know About War And Peace" by Dr Sarah Hudspith for BBC
"Movable Types: How 'War and Peace' works" by James Wood for The New Yorker
"My Summer With Leo Tolstoy" by Peggy Noonan for Wall Street Journal
"War and Peace: a user’s guide" by Sarah Hudspith for The Conversation
"War and Peace — folks, it’s good" by Emily St. James for Vox
"War and Peace: many stories, many lives" by James Wood for The Guardian
Critical Articles:
"Marginal Notes on Tolstoy's War and Peace" - Jozef Lengyel
"Patterns of Character Development in Tolstoy's War and Peace: Nicholas, Natasha, and Mary" - John Hagan
"Tolstoy, Liberal and Pluralist: On "Personality and the Protagonist in War and Peace" - Lina Steiner
"Tolstoy's Motives for Writing 'War and Peace'" - Richard Hare
"War and Peace" by Gary Saul Morson from The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy
"Water, Movement, Roundness: The Epiphanic Pattern in Tolstoy's War and Peace" - Martin Bidney
Volume Three
August 13, 2024
Volume Four and Epilogue
September 10, 2024