Thinking with Tolstoy and Wittgenstein: Expression, Emotion, and Art

In This Highly Original Interdisciplinary Study Incorporating Close Readings Of Literary Texts And Philosophical Argumentation, Henry W. Pickford Develops A Theory Of Meaning And Expression In Art Intended To Counter The Meaning Skepticism Most Commonly Associated With The Theories Of Jacques Derrida--page [4] Of Cover. Meaning Skepticism In Derrida And Wittgenstein -- Tolstoy's Crisis : Anna Karenina -- Tolstoy's Expressivist Aesthetic Theory : What Is Art? -- Schopenhauer's Shadow -- Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata And Consequences -- Reconstructing Tolstoy I : The Nature Of Emotions -- Reconstructing Tolstoy Ii : The Morality Of Emotions -- Reconstructing Tolstoy Iii : Expression In Art. Henry W. Pickford. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 205-219) And Index.