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

by Donald Rayfield

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299163148
• ISBN13: 9780299163143
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"