Pe urmele literaturii
Following Literature’s Steps

Summary/Abstract: Jay Parini has always wanted to bring in front of his readers important figures of previous literature and thus to artistically reconstruct some great writers’ personal life. This is the case of Tolstoy and Melville, whose existence and creation is originally addressed within his novels. The author uses, of course, different strategies for doing this: Tolstoy’s life is seen through his relatives’ eyes (this implying a perfectly exercised point of view technique), whereas Melville’s existence is expressed by his own letters and personal writings, as well as some of his family members.

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