Resurrection (Meridian Classics Annotated Edition)
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- This annotated edition of "Resurrection" includes:Explanations of historical contextLiterary comments and analysesFollow the spiritual journey of Prince Nekhlyudov through Leo Tolstoy's final novel "Resurrection," a work that combines legal drama with moral philosophy while creating one of literature's most comprehensive examinations of social justice, personal responsibility, and the possibility of spiritual transformation. The story of Nekhlyudov's encounter with Katyusha Maslova, the woman he seduced and abandoned years earlier, creates both compelling personal narrative and devastating critique of how legal and social institutions can perpetuate rather than remedy injustice.Tolstoy's genius lies in his ability to transform his protagonist's guilt into broader examination of how privileged individuals can contribute to social reform while maintaining the narrative momentum necessary for effective fiction despite the work's extensive social criticism. The novel's exploration of how past actions continue to affect present circumstances speaks to universal concerns about moral responsibility while examining the specific ways that class and gender inequality shaped Russian society during the late 19th century.Nekhlyudov's character development, from comfortable self-deception through moral awakening to active commitment to social reform, creates convincing portrait of how individuals can achieve authentic spiritual growth through confronting their own complicity in social injustice. The work's detailed portrayal of the Russian legal system, prison conditions, and bureaucratic corruption provides both historical documentation and continuing relevance to contemporary discussions about criminal justice reform and institutional accountability.The novel's treatment of different approaches to social reform, from religious charity through political revolution to personal moral transformation, demonstrates Tolstoy's understanding that lasting social change requires both individual conversion and structural modification of unjust institutions. Characters like Simonson and Markel represent different types of political commitment while figures like the English missionary show how religious conviction can serve both authentic charity and cultural imperialism.Tolstoy's prose style achieves both realistic social observation and spiritual intensity, creating language that serves both documentary purposes and moral instruction while maintaining the artistic control necessary for effective literary communication. The work's examination of how spiritual awakening can motivate social action while personal transformation remains incomplete without addressing collective injustice reveals the mature synthesis of individual and social concerns that characterized Tolstoy's later thinking.The novel's influence on later social fiction and its contribution to understanding the relationship between personal morality and political action demonstrate its importance in articulating how literature can serve both artistic and reformist purposes.
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