{"product_id":"limits-to-interpretation-the-meanings-of-anna-karenina-9780299195441","title":"Limits to Interpretation  The Meanings of Anna","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVladimir E. Alexandrov advocates a broad revision of the academic study of literature, proposing an adaptive, text-specific approach designed to minimize the circularity of interpretation inherent in the act of reading. He illustrates this method with the example of Tolstoy's classic novel, \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e, via a detailed “map” of the different possible readings that the novel can support.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major contribution to Tolstoy studies. ... Essential.\"\"  - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"I find this book particularly attractive because it is rooted in formalist and structuralist theory, skeptical about both the premises and the results of much (especially American) later criticism, and respectful of the text of Anna Karenina.\"\"  - \u003ci\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Alexandrov does not insist on the resolution of the novel's basic contradictions but leaves it to his reader what to make of Anna Karenina: a work whose tumult of meanings ultimately undoes it or makes it mysterious and rich, like life.\"\"  - \u003ci\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036885188951,"sku":"9780299195441","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299195441.jpg?v=1750932954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/limits-to-interpretation-the-meanings-of-anna-karenina-9780299195441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}