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Chekhov's Plays: An Opening into Eternity Book

The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and other plays of Anton Chekhov have been acclaimed by audiences and readers since they first began appearing in the late nineteenth century. In this eloquent and insightful book, an eminent critic explores the reasons behind the enduring power of Chekhov's works.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. He also places the plays in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period. Gilman interweaves biographical narrative with textual commentary and with a discussion of stagecraft and dramaturgy—Chekhov's techniques for influencing viewers, the scenic framing of the action, and issues of genre and temporal structuring. Although previous critics of Chekhov have tended to view him as an essentially social dramatist or as an observer of the smaller aspects of existence, Gilman asserts that Chekhov was far more of an innovative playwright, a revolutionary, than has been seen. His book—the most complete, acute, and elegant study of this master playwright ever written—will appeal to all those who care about Chekhov, theater, and the life of the mind.Read More

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    Examining each of his full-length plays this text explores the reasons behind the enduring power of Chekov's words. It shows how the plays relate to one another Chekov's short stories and his life and places them in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period.

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    In this eloquent and insightful book, an eminent critic examines each of Chekhov`s full-length plays, shoeing how they relate to each other, to Chekhov`s short stories, and to his life. Richard Gilman places the plays in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period and, offering textual commentary and a discussion of stagecraft and dramaturgy, explores the reasons behind the enduring power of these works.

  • 0300072562
  • 9780300072563
  • R Gilman
  • 14 October 1997
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • New edition
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