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Tolstoy recasts Don Juan as a Romantic seeker of ideal love, which links the human soul to higher realms, rather than as a mere philanderer. The drama is dedicated to Mozart and E. T. A. Hoffmann and includes Faustian and Goethean influences.
Tolstoy’s blank-verse historical drama portrays Ivan IV’s final year, as the tsar considers relinquishing rule after killing his son and then returns to the burden of governing. The court’s boyars debate his authority, while Boris Godunov’s influence grows and conflicts involving Shuisky and Belsky unfold. The action is set in 1584 but draws together events that took place in 1581.
The final drama in Tolstoy’s historical trilogy follows Boris Godunov from his inauguration to his death. Tolstoy frames Boris’s downfall as the consequence of his guilt over an earlier crime and his moral deterioration.
Tolstoy’s historical drama portrays Feodor I of Russia as a good man whose gentle character leaves him a weak and ineffective ruler.
Tolstoy recasts Don Juan as a Romantic seeker of ideal love, which links the human soul to higher realms, rather than as a mere philanderer. The drama is dedicated to Mozart and E. T. A. Hoffmann and includes Faustian and Goethean influences.
Tolstoy’s blank-verse historical drama portrays Ivan IV’s final year, as the tsar considers relinquishing rule after killing his son and then returns to the burden of governing. The court’s boyars debate his authority, while Boris Godunov’s influence grows and conflicts involving Shuisky and Belsky unfold. The action is set in 1584 but draws together events that took place in 1581.
The final drama in Tolstoy’s historical trilogy follows Boris Godunov from his inauguration to his death. Tolstoy frames Boris’s downfall as the consequence of his guilt over an earlier crime and his moral deterioration.
Tolstoy’s historical drama portrays Feodor I of Russia as a good man whose gentle character leaves him a weak and ineffective ruler.