Scholars of literature offer insights into Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's (1828-1910) seminal War and Peace. Among their topics are Tolstoy's dialogue with his readers, Tolstoy's biography and auto-ge
Evolution and Popular Narrative argues that an evolutionary approach to popular narrative provides an incisive index into human nature. The contributors explore various media and genres to gauge the i
A child who is the centre of her parents' life, is torn away in the darkness from her comfortable urban home and left to grow up in the barren hills of northern mining country. Over time, recognizing
