Chekhov in Context

ISBN-13: 9781108842358 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 372 str.

Opis

The definitive guide to the historical tumult and complex intellectual worlds that Chekhov both inhabited and influenced.

Recenzje

'Chekhov in Context is an invaluable resource, the volume I wish I'd had on my shelf my entire career.  But it's so much more than the reference work that implies. Exquisitely conceived by Yuri Corrigan and beautifully executed by its distinguished contributors, the book explores the network of personal circumstances, social structures, literary institutions, humanistic and scientific disciplines, environmental concerns, and ideological urgencies of Chekhov's world with extraordinary nuance.  Moreover, it does so not to account for or even to interpret Chekhov's work, but (in Corrigan's felicitous formulation) to 'complicate' it. The resulting treatment of individual works is stunning, as is the analysis of the ways in which Chekhov irrevocably altered the status quo.  The book makes a critical–and inspiring–contribution.  Kudos to all concerned.' Cathy Popkin, Columbia University

Spis treści

Preface: The Poet of Catastrophe Cornel West; Introduction Yuri Corrigan; Part I. Life: 1. Son, brother, husband (in Correspondence) Alevtina Kuzicheva; 2. Chekhov's friends Vladimir Kataev; 3. An 'Indeterminate Situation': Chekhov's illness and death Michael Finke; Part II. Society: 4. Class Anne Lounsbery; 5. Money Vadim Shneyder; 6. Politics Derek Offord; 7. Peasants Christine D. Worobec; 8. The woman question Jenny Kaminer; 9. Sex Melissa L. Miller; 10. Social activism Andrei Stepanov; 11. Environmentalism Jane Costlow; 12. Sakhalin Island Edyta M. Bojanowska; Part III. Culture: 13. Philosophy Michal Oklot; 14. Religion Denis Zhernokleyev; 15. Science Elena Fratto; 16. Medicine and the mind-body problem Matthew Mangold; 17. The arts Serge Gregory; 18. Fin de Siècle Mark D. Steinberg; 19. The harm that good ideas do Gary Saul Morson; 20. Chekhov's Intelligentsias Svetlana Evdokimova; Part IV. Literature: 21. Print culture Louise McReynolds; 22. Embarrassment Caryl Emerson; 23. Tolstoy Rosamund Bartlett; 24. French literature Sergei A. Kibalnik; 25. Modernism and symbolism Lindsay Ceballos; 26. Theatrical traditions Anna Muza; 27. Modern theatre: Resonances and intersections Julia Listengarten; 28. Chekhov's Moscow art theatre (1897-1904) Sharon Marie Carnicke; Part V. Afterlives: 29. Soviet contexts Radislav Lapushin; 30. Chekhov in England Olga Tabachnikova; 31. The American stage James N. Loehlin; 32. Chekhov in East Asia Heekyoung Cho; 33. Film Justin Wilmes; 34. In Translation: Chekhov's path into english Carol Apollonio; Afterword: Chekhov's endings Robin Feuer Miller; Further reading; Endnotes.