"Tolstoy and the Shakespearean Gesture" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1340/ Author: Fletcher, Angus. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Carson, Living with Shakespeare: Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors, 316–29. : Carson, Living with Shakespeare: Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors Annotation: Uses Tolstoy's criticism of Shakespeare to defend Shakespeare's poetic drama as a "presentation and representation of real life in a real world." Language: English Persons: Carson, Susannah Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Fall 2014 WSB Record Number: bbbc1340