Author: Rosamund Bartlett
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
What made Chekhov tick? What served as a source of creative inspiration in his life? In answering these questions, Russian scholar Rosamund Bartlett focuses on the writer's intimate relationship with the places where he lived and traveled--Taganrog and the southern Russian steppes, Moscow, Petersburg, Siberia, the French Riviera, and Yalta. By looking at his life through the prism of these landscapes, it is possible to gain a far greater insight into one of the most enigmatic writers who ever lived. Chekhov: Scenes from a Liferestores the humor and warmth to a man too often seen as merely melancholic, and reminds us why many consider him to be the greatest short-story writer of all time.
Chekhov
Author: Rosamund Bartlett
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
What made Chekhov tick? What served as a source of creative inspiration in his life? In answering these questions, Russian scholar Rosamund Bartlett focuses on the writer's intimate relationship with the places where he lived and traveled--Taganrog and the southern Russian steppes, Moscow, Petersburg, Siberia, the French Riviera, and Yalta. By looking at his life through the prism of these landscapes, it is possible to gain a far greater insight into one of the most enigmatic writers who ever lived. Chekhov: Scenes from a Liferestores the humor and warmth to a man too often seen as merely melancholic, and reminds us why many consider him to be the greatest short-story writer of all time.
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
What made Chekhov tick? What served as a source of creative inspiration in his life? In answering these questions, Russian scholar Rosamund Bartlett focuses on the writer's intimate relationship with the places where he lived and traveled--Taganrog and the southern Russian steppes, Moscow, Petersburg, Siberia, the French Riviera, and Yalta. By looking at his life through the prism of these landscapes, it is possible to gain a far greater insight into one of the most enigmatic writers who ever lived. Chekhov: Scenes from a Liferestores the humor and warmth to a man too often seen as merely melancholic, and reminds us why many consider him to be the greatest short-story writer of all time.
Chekhov Scenes
Author: Anton Chekhov
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
I have compiled and edited this collection of Chekhovian monologues for male actors to study as well as enjoy. This book is equally useful as a teaching aid for teachers of acting. These classical scenes are suitable for a range of acting exams and awards as well as for auditions and festivals. I have tried and tested these scenes with numerous students over the years with great success and more importantly, they have thoroughly enjoyed working on them. The monologues in this collection are taken from a range of Chekhov's plays, one act farces and short stories: The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Ivanov and others. There is a short biography on Chekhov, some notes about his writing style and a short synopsis of each play. Each scene has an introduction suitably prepared for exam or festival work. I hope you enjoy this collection.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
I have compiled and edited this collection of Chekhovian monologues for male actors to study as well as enjoy. This book is equally useful as a teaching aid for teachers of acting. These classical scenes are suitable for a range of acting exams and awards as well as for auditions and festivals. I have tried and tested these scenes with numerous students over the years with great success and more importantly, they have thoroughly enjoyed working on them. The monologues in this collection are taken from a range of Chekhov's plays, one act farces and short stories: The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Ivanov and others. There is a short biography on Chekhov, some notes about his writing style and a short synopsis of each play. Each scene has an introduction suitably prepared for exam or festival work. I hope you enjoy this collection.
Chekhov's Letters
Author: Carol Apollonio
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498570453
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing this substantial—though until now neglected—epistolary corpus. The majority of the essays gathered here represent new contributions by the world's major Chekhov scholars, written especially for this volume, or classics of Russian criticism appearing in English for the first time. The introduction addresses the role of letters in Chekhov's life and characterizes the writer's key epistolary concerns. After a series of essays addressing publication history, translation, and problems of censorship, scholars analyze the letters' generic qualities that draw upon, variously, prose, poetry, and drama. Individual thematic studies focus on the letters as documents reflecting biographical, cultural, and philosophical issues. The book culminates in a collection of short, at times lyrical, essays by eminent scholars and writers addressing a particularly memorable Chekhov letter. Chekhov's Letters appeals to scholars, writers, and theater professionals, as well to a general audience.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498570453
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing this substantial—though until now neglected—epistolary corpus. The majority of the essays gathered here represent new contributions by the world's major Chekhov scholars, written especially for this volume, or classics of Russian criticism appearing in English for the first time. The introduction addresses the role of letters in Chekhov's life and characterizes the writer's key epistolary concerns. After a series of essays addressing publication history, translation, and problems of censorship, scholars analyze the letters' generic qualities that draw upon, variously, prose, poetry, and drama. Individual thematic studies focus on the letters as documents reflecting biographical, cultural, and philosophical issues. The book culminates in a collection of short, at times lyrical, essays by eminent scholars and writers addressing a particularly memorable Chekhov letter. Chekhov's Letters appeals to scholars, writers, and theater professionals, as well to a general audience.
A Study Guide for Anton Chekhov's "The Kiss"
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410350517
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Study Guide for Anton Chekhov's "The Kiss," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410350517
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Study Guide for Anton Chekhov's "The Kiss," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
Seeing Chekhov
Author: Michael C. Finke
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801443152
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Chekhov's keen powers of observation have been remarked by both memoirists who knew him well and scholars who approach him only through the written record and across the distance of many decades. To apprehend Chekhov means seeing how Chekhov sees, and the author's remarkable vision is understood as deriving from his occupational or professional training and identity. But we have failed to register, let alone understand, just what a central concern for Chekhov himself, and how deeply problematic, were precisely issues of seeing and being seen."--from the Introduction Michael C. Finke explodes a century of critical truisms concerning Chekhov's objective eye and what being a physician gave him as a writer in a book that foregrounds the deeply subjective and self-reflexive aspects of his fiction and drama. In exploring previously unrecognized seams between the author's life and his verbal art, Finke profoundly alters and deepens our understanding of Chekhov's personality and behaviors, provides startling new interpretations of a broad array of Chekhov's texts, and fleshes out Chekhov's simultaneous pride in his identity as a physician and devastating critique of turn-of-the-century medical practices and ideologies. Seeing Chekhov is essential reading for students of Russian literature, devotees of the short story and modern drama, and anyone interested in the intersection of literature, psychology, and medicine.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801443152
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Chekhov's keen powers of observation have been remarked by both memoirists who knew him well and scholars who approach him only through the written record and across the distance of many decades. To apprehend Chekhov means seeing how Chekhov sees, and the author's remarkable vision is understood as deriving from his occupational or professional training and identity. But we have failed to register, let alone understand, just what a central concern for Chekhov himself, and how deeply problematic, were precisely issues of seeing and being seen."--from the Introduction Michael C. Finke explodes a century of critical truisms concerning Chekhov's objective eye and what being a physician gave him as a writer in a book that foregrounds the deeply subjective and self-reflexive aspects of his fiction and drama. In exploring previously unrecognized seams between the author's life and his verbal art, Finke profoundly alters and deepens our understanding of Chekhov's personality and behaviors, provides startling new interpretations of a broad array of Chekhov's texts, and fleshes out Chekhov's simultaneous pride in his identity as a physician and devastating critique of turn-of-the-century medical practices and ideologies. Seeing Chekhov is essential reading for students of Russian literature, devotees of the short story and modern drama, and anyone interested in the intersection of literature, psychology, and medicine.
The Firebird and the Fox
Author: Jeffrey Brooks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108484468
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A century of Russian artistic genius, including literature, art, music and dance, within the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108484468
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A century of Russian artistic genius, including literature, art, music and dance, within the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped it.
New Poetics of Chekhov's Major Plays
Author: Harai Golomb
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178284127X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This text attempts to map the unique structure and meaning that comprise Chekhov's immensely rich artistic universe. The prime components of his theatrical technique and fictional world are explored to uncover the basic principles governing the Chekhov's universe.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178284127X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This text attempts to map the unique structure and meaning that comprise Chekhov's immensely rich artistic universe. The prime components of his theatrical technique and fictional world are explored to uncover the basic principles governing the Chekhov's universe.
A Study Guide for Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410334813
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410334813
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
7 Short Farces
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822216452
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
THE STORIES: SWAN SONG. An actor wakes up with a hangover, locked in the theater after the evening's performance. He is terrified when he thinks a ghost appears, but it is only the theater's prompter. The actor tells him stories of his life and als
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822216452
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
THE STORIES: SWAN SONG. An actor wakes up with a hangover, locked in the theater after the evening's performance. He is terrified when he thinks a ghost appears, but it is only the theater's prompter. The actor tells him stories of his life and als
The Film Novelist
Author: Dennis J. Packard
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441103171
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The book outlines a program for writing filmable novels.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441103171
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The book outlines a program for writing filmable novels.