Table of Contents

Introduction:""Doctor Zhivago"" in the post-Soviet era - a re-introduction, Edith W. Clowes. Criticism: Yury Zhivago's readers - literary reception in Pasternak's novel and in his time, Carol J Avins; Characterization in ""Doctor Zhivago"" - Lara and Tonya, Edith W. Clowes; Soaked in ""the meaning of love"" and ""the Kreutzer sonata"" - the nature of love in ""Doctor Zhivago"", Jerome Spencer; ""temporal counterpoint as a principle of formation in ""Doctor Zhivago"", Boris Gasparov; the relationship of lyrical and narrative ""plot"" in ""Doctor Zhivago"", Dina Magomedova. Primary sources: correspondance relating to ""Doctor Zhivago"".

About the Author

EDITH W. CLOWES is Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature and former Director of the Program in Comparative Literature at Purdue University.