Beverly Hahn

Chekhov

A Study of the Major Stories and Plays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beverly Hahn views Chekhov as a humanist actively interested in modern European ideas, but committed to celebrating the unpredictability and variety of human lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9780521296700
• ISBN-10: 0521296706
• Artikelnr.: 31198196

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on translations
Part I. Introduction: 1. The Cherry Orchard
Part II: 2. Beginnings
3. The short story - I
4. The short story - II
Part III: 5. The steppe stories
6. 'Lights'
Part IV: 7. Chekhov and Tolstoy
8. 'A Dreary Story'
9. 'The Duel'
A note on 'Three Years'
Part V: 10. Chekhov's women
11. 'The Party'
12. 'The Lady with the Dog'
Part IV: 13. 'A Woman's Kingdom'
13. Three Sisters
15. Chekhov's modernity
Notes
Chronological table
Bibliography
Index.