| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxxii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
A Norton critical edition |
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Norton critical edition.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-412). |
| Contents |
The sea gull -- Uncle Vanya -- The three sisters -- The cherry orchard -- Impure tragedians and leprous playwrights / Anton Chekhov -- On the injurious effects of tobacco (first version, 1886) / Anton Chekhov -- On the injurious effects of tobacco (last version, 1902) / Anton Chekhov -- Purpose and structure in Chekhov's plays / David Magarshack -- The bizarre element in Chekhov's art / Charles B. Timmer -- Chekhov and naturalism : from affinity to divergence / Nicholas Moravc̆evich -- Nastroenie and atmosphere in Chekhov's plays / Ronald Hingley -- The naturalistic theatre and the theatre of mood / Vsevolod Meyerhold -- A definition of poshlostʹ / Vladimir Nabokov -- Chekhov's Three sisters at the Gorky Theatre / Georgy Tovstonogov -- Chekhov's Sea gull and Shakespeare's Hamlet : a study of a dramatic device / Thomas G. Winner -- Craftsmanship in Uncle Vanya / Eric Bentley -- Chekhov's dramaturgy in The three sisters / Robert Brustein -- The cherry orchard : a theatre-poem of the suffering of change / Francis Fergusson -- Stage productions in Europe / Siegfried Melchinger -- The duality of Chekhov / John Gassner. |
| Summary |
Critical discussions on Chekhov's dramatic purpose and structure as well as biographical material accompany a new translation of the plays. |
| Subject |
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. (OCoLC)fst00045578
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Literatura rusa.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Bristow, Eugene K. (Eugene Kerr), 1927-
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| Added Title |
Plays. English. Selections
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| ISBN |
0393044327 |
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9780393044324 |
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0393091635 (pbk.) |
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9780393091632 (pbk.) |
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