Premchand’s Encounter with Tolstoy

The present article deals with the issue of when and how the famous Hindi writer Premchand (1880–1936), following Gandhi’s attitude towards Tolstoy, expressed his deep admiration for him, namely in the critical review of Anna Karenina and in translating into Hindi the 21 short stories Tolstoy had w...

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Autor principal:	Donatella Dolcini
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Hindi literature Russian literature Premchand Tolstoy Anna Karenina short stories Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:295e75acf01b44d598a0800e2bf327e62021-11-27T12:53:26ZPremchand’s Encounter with Tolstoy10.12797/CIS.17.2015.17.091732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/295e75acf01b44d598a0800e2bf327e62021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1679https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 The present article deals with the issue of when and how the famous Hindi writer Premchand (1880–1936), following Gandhi’s attitude towards Tolstoy, expressed his deep admiration for him, namely in the critical review of Anna Karenina and in translating into Hindi the 21 short stories Tolstoy had written for his peasants in Yasnaya Polyana. In the latter case it is pointed out that it was an effort to re/ indianize those short stories, which Tolstoy himself said to be of Indian origin. Donatella DolciniKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleHindi literatureRussian literaturePremchandTolstoyAnna Kareninashort storiesIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 17 (2021)
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description	The present article deals with the issue of when and how the famous Hindi writer Premchand (1880–1936), following Gandhi’s attitude towards Tolstoy, expressed his deep admiration for him, namely in the critical review of Anna Karenina and in translating into Hindi the 21 short stories Tolstoy had written for his peasants in Yasnaya Polyana. In the latter case it is pointed out that it was an effort to re/ indianize those short stories, which Tolstoy himself said to be of Indian origin.
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Premchand’s Encounter with Tolstoy

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