Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chronology
- A note on translations and transliteration
- Chapter 1 Life
- Chapter 2 Chekhov in context
- Chapter 3 Early stories
- Chapter 4 Early plays
- Chapter 5 Later stories
- Chapter 6 Later plays
- Chapter 7 Reception
- Notes
- Guide to further reading
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to …
- References
Guide to further reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chronology
- A note on translations and transliteration
- Chapter 1 Life
- Chapter 2 Chekhov in context
- Chapter 3 Early stories
- Chapter 4 Early plays
- Chapter 5 Later stories
- Chapter 6 Later plays
- Chapter 7 Reception
- Notes
- Guide to further reading
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to …
- References
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- The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov , pp. 185 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
References
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, Reading Chekhov's Text: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1993. Collection of essays by major Chekhov scholars, mainly focusing on individual stories.Google Scholar
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, Understanding Chekhov. London: Bristol Classical Press, 1988. Revealing study encompassing the prose, drama, and life of Chekhov.Google Scholar
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, The Theatre of Revolt (1964). Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1991. Powerful, readable study of Chekhov in relation to other innovators of modern drama.Google Scholar
, Chekhov's Plays: An Opening into Eternity. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Insightful discussions of the major plays.Google Scholar
, Chekhov and the Vaudeville. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Definitive analysis of the short plays.Google Scholar
, and , eds., The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Contains essays on Chekhov's drama by scholars, directors, and actors.CrossRef
, Chekhov the Dramatist. New York: Hill and Wang, 1960. Pioneering study of Chekhov as a playwright of “indirect action.”Google Scholar
, The Chekhov Theatre: A Century of the Plays in Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Magisterial survey of Chekhov performance history.Google Scholar
, trans. and ed., Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays. New York: Norton, 2005. Incorporates Chekhov's letters relating to the theatre as well as a good collection of critical essays.
, Chekhov in Performance: A Commentary on the Major Plays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1971. A sensitive act-by-act reading of the plays as performance texts.CrossRefGoogle Scholar