Tolstoy
Soul Probes
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Boyd Barrett
About this listen
In Tolstoy: Soul Probes, Bradley Jersak and Ron Dart each contribute an analysis of one of Leo Tolstoy's literary works.
After an insightful introduction on Tolstoy and his writing, Part 1 begins with Bradley Jersak's essay on Tolstoy's Confessions, a nonfiction memoir of Tolstoy's faith journey. Jersak (author of Out of the Embers: Faith After the Great Deconstruction, 2022) presents what he describes as an "Anatomy of a Great Deconstruction." He offers a description of each bend on the Tolstoy's spiritual path, along with some reflection questions that ask listeners to ponder their own spiritual progress or regress.
In Part 2 of the book, Ron Dart analyzes the archetypal significance of five main characters from Tolstoy's War and Peace.
- Pierre Bezukhov—Hamlet Redeemed
- Andrei Bolkonsky— Brittle Idealism Redeemed
- Natasha Rostov—Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience
- Maria Bolkonsky—The Orthodox Mystic
- Nikolai Rostov—Swing to the Right
Each chapter walks through the character development of figures who represent familiar stories and movements today.
©2023 Bradley Jersak (P)2023 Bradley Jersak