title: VII. Fear and Loathing in the Caucasus: Tolstoy’s “The Raid” and Russian Journalism
abstract: The Raid: A Volunteer's Story" [": ," 1853] marks a key moment in his early career. The story implicitly compares a young man's first experience in battle with the challenges of writing literature, riffing on Tolstoy's own autobiographical methods and underscoring his caustic view of journalism. Although "The Raid" was immediately recognized by his fellow soldiers as a barely concealed autobiographical retelling of Tolstoy's own military experience, modern readers may be puzzled by the apparent 
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