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Author : Harvey Pitcher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520053113
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (531 download)
Download or read book The Chekhov Play written by Harvey Pitcher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vladimir Kataev
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781566635233
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)
Download or read book If Only We Could Know! written by Vladimir Kataev and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this luminous book of criticism, Chekhov's foremost Russian interpreter offers to Western readers a remarkably clear and commanding appraisal of the master's work.
Author : Richard Gilman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300072563
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Chekhov's Plays written by Richard Gilman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminent critic Richard Gilman examines each of Chekhov's full-length plays, showing how they relate to each other, to Chekhov's short stories, and to his life. Gilman places the plays in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period, and the reasons behind the enduring power of these classic works.
Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603842152
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Four Plays and Three Jokes written by Anton Chekhov and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers lively and accurate translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts (complete contents listed below) along with a superb Introduction focused on the plays' remarkably enduring power to elicit the most widely divergent of responses, the life of the playwright in its historical and aesthetic contexts, suggestions for reading the plays under a microscope, and notes designed to bring Chekhov's world into immediate focus--everything needed to examine his drama with fresh eyes and on its own artistic terms.
Author : Michael C. Finke
Publisher : Modern Language Association
ISBN 13 : 1603292691
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Approaches to Teaching the Works of Anton Chekhov written by Michael C. Finke and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chekhov's works are unflinching in the face of human frailty. With their emphasis on the dignity and value of individuals during unique moments, they help us better understand how to exist with others when we are fundamentally alone. Written in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, when the country began to move fitfully toward industrialization and grappled with the influence of Western liberalism even as it remained an autocracy, Chekhov's plays and stories continue to influence contemporary writers. The essays in this volume provide classroom strategies for teaching Chekhov's stories and plays, discuss how his medical training and practice related to his literary work, and compare Chekhov with writers both Russian and American. The volume also aims to help instructors with the daunting array of new editions in English, as well as with the ever-growing list of titles in visual media: filmed theater productions of his plays, adaptations of the plays and stories scripted for film, and amateur performances freely available online.
Author : Michael C. Finke
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789144299
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Freedom from Violence and Lies written by Michael C. Finke and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening, nuanced, and accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Anton Chekhov’s stories and plays endure, far beyond the Russian context, as outstanding modern literary models. In a brief, remarkable life, Chekhov rose from lower-class, provincial roots to become a physician, leading writer, and philanthropist, all in the face of a progressive fatal disease. In this new biography, Michael C. Finke analyzes Chekhov’s major stories, plays, and nonfiction in the context of his life, both fleshing out the key features of Chekhov’s poetics of prose and drama and revealing key continuities across genres, as well as between his lesser-studied early writings and the later works. An excellent resource for readers new to Chekhov, this book also presents much original scholarship and is an accessible, comprehensive overview of one of the greatest modern dramatists and writers of short fiction in history.
Author : Vera Gottlieb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521589178
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (891 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov written by Vera Gottlieb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of specially commissioned essays explores the world of Anton Chekhov - one of the most important dramatists in the repertoire - and the creation, performance and interpretation of his works. The Companion, first published in 2000, begins with an examination of Chekhov's life, his Russia, and the original productions of his plays at the Moscow Art Theatre. Later film versions and adaptations of Chekhov's works are analysed, with valuable insights also offered on acting Chekhov, by Ian McKellen, and directing Chekhov, by Trevor Nunn and Leonid Heifetz. The volume also provides essays on 'special topics' such as Chekhov as writer, Chekhov and women, and the Chekhov comedies and stories. Key plays, such as The Cherry Orchard and The Seagull, receive dedicated chapters while lesser-known works and genres are also brought to light. The volume concludes with appendices of primary sources, lists of works, and a select bibliography.
Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624661394
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Three Sisters written by Anton Chekhov and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in her Chekhov: Four Plays and Three Jokes, Sharon Marie Carnicke's eye-opening translation of Three Sisters appears in this edition with a new Introduction that expands upon her discussion in Four Plays & Three Jokes of Chekov's innovative dramaturgy--especially as seen in this subtle melodrama turned inside out.
Author : Geoffrey Borny
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1920942688
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Interpreting Chekhov written by Geoffrey Borny and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's contention is that Chekhov's plays have often been misinterpreted by scholars and directors, particularly through their failure to adequately balance the comic and tragic elements inherent in these works. Through a close examination of the form and content of Chekhov's dramas, the author shows how deeply pessimistic or overly optimistic interpretations fail to sufficiently account for the rich complexity and ambiguity of these plays. The author suggests that, by accepting that Chekhov's plays are synthetic tragi-comedies which juxtapose potentially tragic sub-texts with essentially comic texts, critics and directors are more likely to produce richer and more deeply satisfying interpretations of these works. Besides being of general interest to any reader interested in understanding Chekhov's work, the book is intended to be of particular interest to students of Drama and Theatre Studies and to potential directors of these subtle plays.
Author : Laurence Senelick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442249277
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre written by Laurence Senelick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, it had given rise to a number of outstanding playwrights and actors, and by the start of the twentieth century, it was in the vanguard of progressive thinking in the realms of directing and design. Its influence throughout the world was pervasive: Nikolai Gogol', Anton Chekhov and Maksim Gor'kii remain staples of repertories in every language, the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Vsevolod Meierkhol'd and Mikhail Chekhov continue to inspire actors and directors, while designers still draw on the graphics of the World of Art group and the Constructivists. What distinguishes Russian theater from almost any other is the way in which these achievements evolved and survived in ongoing conflict or cooperation with the State. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on individual actors, directors, designers, entrepreneurs, plays, playhouses and institutions, Censorship, Children’s Theater, Émigré Theater, and Shakespeare in Russia. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russian Theatre.
Author : Donald Rayfield
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299163143
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Understanding Chekhov written by Donald Rayfield and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all Russian writers, Chekhov is one of the best liked and most easily appreciated. Yet because his work is subtle and understated, we need help to understand him. Chekhov can be (as his friends complained) the most elusive of writers, and one who appears capable of having two opposite views and opposite intentions simultaneously. Donald Rayfield, one of the world's foremost Chekhov scholars, reveals the layers of meaning on which the stories and plays are built. All Chekhov's important works are studied: we see how closely the two genres are connected and gain insight into Chekhov's rapid development over his brief twenty years of creative life, from medical student supplementing his income by writing comic stories, to father of twentieth-century drama and narrative prose.
Author : James N. Loehlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139493523
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov written by James N. Loehlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chekhov is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential literary figures of modern times. Russia's preeminent playwright, he played a significant role in revolutionizing the modern theatre. His impact on prose fiction writing is incalculable: he helped define the modern short story. Beginning with an engaging account of Chekhov's life and cultural context in nineteenth-century Russia, this book introduces the reader to this fascinating and complex personality. Unlike much criticism of Chekhov, it includes detailed discussions of both his fiction and his plays. The Introduction traces his concise, impressionistic prose style from early comic sketches to mature works such as 'Ward No. 6' and 'In the Ravine'. Examining Chekhov's development as a dramatist, the book considers his one-act vaudevilles and early works, while providing a detailed, act-by-act analysis of the masterpieces on which his reputation rests: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.
Author : Vera Gottlieb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521241707
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Chekhov and the Vaudeville written by Vera Gottlieb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-08-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the strangely neglected area of Chekhov's one-act plays, written between 1885 and 1903. Still frequently performed, they reveal many of the comic and distancing effects which are to be found in the major plays and tell us as much about Chekhov's philosophy as his use of theatre.
Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135001348X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Uncle Vanya written by Anton Chekhov and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth century Russia, Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. Mixing the tragic and the absurd and dealing with a form that allows for ambiguity and contradiction, Uncle Vanya has been deemed "the first modernist play". (David Lan)
Author : Anthony S. Abbott
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817312021
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Vital Lie written by Anthony S. Abbott and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003-08-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vital Lie is the first book to examine the reality-illusion conflict in modern drama from Ibsen to present-day playwrights. The book questions why vital lies, lies necessary for life itself, are such an obsessive concern for playwrights of the last hundred years. Using the work of fifteen playwrights, Abbott seeks to discover if modern playwrights treat illusions as helpful or necessary to life, or as signals of sicknesses from which human beings need to be cured. What happens to characters when they are forced to face the truth about themselves and their worlds without the protection of their illusions? The author develops a three-part historical analysis of the use of the reality-illusion theme, from its origins as a metaphysical search to its current elaborations as a theatrical game.
Author : James Redmond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521088695
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (886 download)
Download or read book Drama and Religion: Volume 5 written by James Redmond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Themes in Drama is a journal which brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods. The articles offer original contributions to their own specialised fields, but are presented in such a way that their significance may be readily appreciated by non-specialists. The review section is especially important since reviewers have more than usual scope to give critical accounts of drama in performance and to discuss the most significant contributions to dramatic scholarship and criticism.
Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603844457
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)
Download or read book The Cherry Orchard written by Anton Chekhov and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes (Hackett), this edition of The Cherry Orchard features Carnicke's groundbreaking translation of a play that has been called Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat.* * Donald Rayfield, The Cherry Orchard: Catastrophe and Comedy
