Ralston College | Donna Orwin and Stephen Blackwood: A Discussion of 'Ivan Ilyich' @RalstonCollegeSavannah | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this complementary episode to the reading of ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich,’ Dr Stephen Blackwood speaks with Dr Donna Orwin, professor of Russian literature at the University of Toronto. Dr Orwin provides context for Tolstoy and his world, and the two discuss the style, structure, and unfolding layers of meaning within this masterpiece novella.

The translation Stephen is reading from—easily found online, if you'd like to follow along—is by Louise and Aylmer Maude.

Links of possible interest:

'The Death of Ivan Ilyich'
en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych
amazon.com/Death-Ivan-Ilych-Annotated-ebook/dp/B07X4TRT3D and elsewhere

Donna Orwin
munkschool.utoronto.ca/profile/orwin-donna
simplytolstoy.simplycharly.com

Ralston College
https://www.ralston.ac

Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses

Stephen Blackwood
stephenjblackwood.com


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