Understanding Chekhov: A Critical Study of Chekhov's Prose and Drama - Couverture souple

Rayfield, Donald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0299163148 ISBN 13 : 9780299163143

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1999

Synopsis

Of all Russian writers, Chekhov is one of the best liked and most easily appreciated. Yet he is also one of the most elusive. Here Donald Rayfield reveals the layers of meaning on which the great dramatist's stories and plays are built. He examines his brief twenty-year creative life, from medical student supplementing his income by writing comic stories to his rapid rise as the father of twentieth-century drama and narrative prose. Understanding Chekhov is enriched by revelations from previously unexplored archival material, which deepen our understanding of Chekhov's sources, preoccupations, philosophy, and his relations with theater, with fellow writers, and with contemporary ideas.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Donald Rayfield, one of the foremost Chekhov scholar in the world, is author of the monumental 1997 biographyAnton Chekhov: A Life. He is professor of Russian and Georgian, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299163148
• ISBN 13: 9780299163143
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 295
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