Confronting The Immmediacy Of Experience In Anna Karenina

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Anonymous. "The Moral Lessons." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
The author discusses what is occurring in the novel, the stories depicted in it, that could be said to be two, even three stories in one novel. We see that the author mentions Anna’s viewpoint of her life and how she feels about it. He discusses her love, and her crisis with it.

Arnold, Matthew. "The Differences between Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
Anna, in Anna Karenina shows the struggle of not being like the other female characters around her, contributing to her disturbing feelings, and hopelessness. We see that Anna possesses a charm that Madame Bovary lacks, that holds Anna above in her a certain way. We see that Flaubert is cruel, and pursues Madame Bovary without her pity or pause, and is harder upon her than any reader is said to be. This leaves fewer feelings of forgiveness for Madame Bovary, and more for Anna, because she has such passion towards her lover. It shows the role society plays on ones state of mind.

Blackmur, R. P. "Confronting the Immediacy of Experience in Anna Karenina."Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
In Blackmur’s criticism of Anna Karenina, he expresses that Tolstoy’s exposes his characters to the hardships of their lives. Using his imagination to express his characters responses to their experiences. Blackmur discusses how Stiva and Dolly in the book are, “too near the actual manner of things, are to wholly undifferentiated from the course of society and individuals, ever to feel the need or the pang of rebirth.” Anna on the other hand wants to set free what she feels underneath. Anna uses her libido not for sex alone...

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...lstoy’s novel and his affection towards his characters are being compared to those of Homer. Trilling goes into detail comparing the two works, and how they don’t force the way their characters are but rather have a “natural” vibe to them. He is also connected the feelings towards these two types of characters back to religion, which is constantly seen when criticizing this novel.

Wasiolek, Edward. "Why Anna Kills Herself." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.
In this criticism, we look at a theme presented from the novel, which asks the ultimate question of why Anna killed herself. How did she degenerate from the person full of life and love, to the person full of sorrow and hopeless she becomes at the end? There are multiple factors that add to this downfall of Anna, such as society, Vronsky, and her need for passion and love in her life.

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