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The author's contention is that Chekhov's plays have often been misinterpreted by scholars and directors, particularly through their failure to adequately balance the comic and tragic elements inherent in these works. Through a close examination of the form and content of Chekhov's dramas, the author shows how deeply pessimistic or overly optimistic interpretations fail to sufficiently account for the rich complexity and ambiguity of these plays. The author suggests that, by accepting that Chekhov's plays are synthetic tragi-comedies which juxtapose potentially tragic sub-texts with essentially comic texts, critics and directors are more likely to produce richer and more deeply satisfying interpretations of these works. Besides being of general interest to any reader interested in understanding Chekhov's work, the book is intended to be of particular interest to students of Drama and Theatre Studies and to potential directors of these subtle plays.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- Chehov, Anton, --- Chekov, Anton, --- Tschechow, Anton Pawlowits, --- Tchekhov, Anton, --- Czechow, Antoni, --- Tsjechov, Anton, --- Csehov, Anton Pavlovics, --- Cecov, Anton, --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič, --- Chekhonte, A., --- Chʻi-ho-fu, --- Tjechov, Anton Pavlovitj, --- Cehov, Anton Pavlović, --- Tchekoff, Anton, --- Čexov, Anton, --- Чехов, А. П. --- Chekhov, A. P. --- Cehov, Anton Pavlovici, --- Chʻi-ho-fu, An-tung, --- Chéjov, Antón, --- Чехов, А. --- Chekhov, A. --- Chʻi-kʻo-fu, --- Tshīkūf, --- Tshīkūf, Anṭūn, --- Tšehov, A. P., --- Ts'ekhov, --- Ts'ekhov, Anṭon P., --- Tchekov, A. P., --- Tsjekhov, Anton, --- Cekhava, Enṭana, --- Čechov, A. P., --- Cekhovha, Ayāṇṭan, --- Богемский, А., --- Bogemskiĭ, A., --- Ts'ekhov, A. P., --- Tjekhov, Anton, --- טשחוב, אנטון פװלובוץ׳, --- טשעבאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, א. --- טשעכאָװ, אנטאָן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן פּאוולאוויטש, --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעכאוו, א. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ., --- טשעכאוו, א., --- טשעכאװ, אנטאן, --- טשעכאװ, א. --- טשעכאװ, א.פ --- טשעכאװ, א.פ., --- צ׳חוב, אנטון --- צ׳חוב, אנטון, --- צ׳חוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ., --- צ׳כוב --- צ׳כוב, אנטוון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פבלוביץ׳ --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פ. --- צ׳כוב, אנתון פאבלוביץ, --- צ׳כוב, א.פ, --- צ'כוב, אנטון, --- שטעכאװ, א. פ. --- چخڤ، انتن پڤلڤچ, --- 契珂夫, --- Tsechōph, Anton, --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf --- Drama. --- Literary studies. --- Plays and playwrights. --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn, --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf, --- Chikhūf, Āntuvān, --- Chikhūf, Āntwān, --- چخوف، آنتوان --- Drama --- Drama, Modern --- Dramas --- Dramatic works --- Plays --- Playscripts --- Stage --- Literature --- Dialogue --- Philosophy --- Tsjechov, Anton --- Tsjechow, Anton P. --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich --- Tchekhov, Anton --- Tchekhov, Antone --- Tschechow, Anton --- チェーホフ, アントーン・パーヴロヴィチ --- 체호프, 안톤 --- Чехов, Антон Павлович --- 契诃夫 --- چیخوف

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Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer—but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In Alive in the Writing—an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, biography, and literary analysis—anthropologist and novelist Kirin Narayan introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers, and his venture into nonfiction through his book Sakhalin Island. By closely attending to the people who lived under the appalling conditions of the Russian penal colony on Sakhalin, Chekhov showed how empirical details combined with a literary flair can bring readers face to face with distant, different lives, enlarging a sense of human responsibility.Highlighting this balance of the empirical and the literary, Narayan calls on Chekhov to bring new energy to the writing of ethnography and creative nonfiction alike. Weaving together selections from writing by and about him with examples from other talented ethnographers and memoirists, she offers practical exercises and advice on topics such as story, theory, place, person, voice, and self. A new and lively exploration of ethnography, Alive in the Writing shows how the genre’s attentive, sustained connection with the lives of others can become a powerful tool for any writer.

Ethnology --- Creative nonfiction --- Ethnology in literature --- Fourth genre (Creative nonfiction) --- Literary nonfiction --- Narrative nonfiction --- Nonfiction, Creative --- Nonfiction, Literary --- Nonfiction, Narrative --- Authorship --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- Chehov, Anton, --- Chekov, Anton, --- Tschechow, Anton Pawlowits, --- Tchekhov, Anton, --- Czechow, Antoni, --- Tsjechov, Anton, --- Csehov, Anton Pavlovics, --- Cecov, Anton, --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič, --- Chekhonte, A., --- Chʻi-ho-fu, --- Tjechov, Anton Pavlovitj, --- Cehov, Anton Pavlović, --- Tchekoff, Anton, --- Čexov, Anton, --- Чехов, А. П. --- Chekhov, A. P. --- Cehov, Anton Pavlovici, --- Chʻi-ho-fu, An-tung, --- Chéjov, Antón, --- Чехов, А. --- Chekhov, A. --- Chʻi-kʻo-fu, --- Tshīkūf, --- Tshīkūf, Anṭūn, --- Tšehov, A. P., --- Ts'ekhov, --- Ts'ekhov, Anṭon P., --- Tchekov, A. P., --- Tsjekhov, Anton, --- Cekhava, Enṭana, --- Čechov, A. P., --- Cekhovha, Ayāṇṭan, --- Богемский, А., --- Bogemskiĭ, A., --- Ts'ekhov, A. P., --- Tjekhov, Anton, --- טשחוב, אנטון פװלובוץ׳, --- טשעבאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, א. --- טשעכאָװ, אנטאָן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן פּאוולאוויטש, --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעכאוו, א. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ., --- טשעכאוו, א., --- טשעכאװ, אנטאן, --- טשעכאװ, א. --- טשעכאװ, א.פ --- טשעכאװ, א.פ., --- צ׳חוב, אנטון --- צ׳חוב, אנטון, --- צ׳חוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ., --- צ׳כוב --- צ׳כוב, אנטוון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פבלוביץ׳ --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פ. --- צ׳כוב, אנתון פאבלוביץ, --- צ׳כוב, א.פ, --- צ'כוב, אנטון, --- שטעכאװ, א. פ. --- چخڤ، انتن پڤلڤچ, --- 契珂夫, --- Tsechōph, Anton, --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf --- Criticism and interpretation. --- antropologie --- 008 --- Prose literature --- Criticism and interpretation --- Ethnology in literature. --- Authorship. --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn, --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf, --- Chikhūf, Āntuvān, --- Chikhūf, Āntwān, --- چخوف، آنتوان --- Tsjechov, Anton --- Tsjechow, Anton P. --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich --- Tchekhov, Anton --- Tchekhov, Antone --- Tschechow, Anton --- チェーホフ, アントーン・パーヴロヴィチ --- 체호프, 안톤 --- Чехов, Антон Павлович --- 契诃夫 --- چیخوف --- Ethnology - Authorship --- Creative nonfiction - Authorship --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, - 1860-1904 - Criticism and interpretation --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, - 1860-1904

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The importance of Chekhov's stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors. Their themes - alienation, the absurdity and tragedy of human existence - have as much relevance today as when they were written, and this superb new translation captures their modernist spirit. Among the fourteen stories included are 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Gusev', and 'Rothschild's Violin'. - ;'the greatest short story writer who has ever lived'Raymond Carver's unequivocal verdict on Chekhov's genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham,

Short stories, Russian. --- Russian short stories --- Russian fiction --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- Chehov, Anton, --- Chekov, Anton, --- Tschechow, Anton Pawlowits, --- Tchekhov, Anton, --- Czechow, Antoni, --- Tsjechov, Anton, --- Csehov, Anton Pavlovics, --- Cecov, Anton, --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič, --- Chekhonte, A., --- Chʻi-ho-fu, --- Tjechov, Anton Pavlovitj, --- Cehov, Anton Pavlović, --- Tchekoff, Anton, --- Čexov, Anton, --- Чехов, А. П. --- Chekhov, A. P. --- Cehov, Anton Pavlovici, --- Chʻi-ho-fu, An-tung, --- Chéjov, Antón, --- Чехов, А. --- Chekhov, A. --- Chʻi-kʻo-fu, --- Tshīkūf, --- Tshīkūf, Anṭūn, --- Tšehov, A. P., --- Ts'ekhov, --- Ts'ekhov, Anṭon P., --- Tchekov, A. P., --- Tsjekhov, Anton, --- Cekhava, Enṭana, --- Čechov, A. P., --- Cekhovha, Ayāṇṭan, --- Богемский, А., --- Bogemskiĭ, A., --- Ts'ekhov, A. P., --- Tjekhov, Anton, --- טשחוב, אנטון פװלובוץ׳, --- טשעבאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, א. --- טשעכאָװ, אנטאָן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן פּאוולאוויטש, --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעכאוו, א. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ., --- טשעכאוו, א., --- טשעכאװ, אנטאן, --- טשעכאװ, א. --- טשעכאװ, א.פ --- טשעכאװ, א.פ., --- צ׳חוב, אנטון --- צ׳חוב, אנטון, --- צ׳חוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ., --- צ׳כוב --- צ׳כוב, אנטוון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פבלוביץ׳ --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פ. --- צ׳כוב, אנתון פאבלוביץ, --- צ׳כוב, א.פ, --- צ'כוב, אנטון, --- שטעכאװ, א. פ. --- چخڤ، انتن پڤلڤچ, --- 契珂夫, --- Tsechōph, Anton, --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn, --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf, --- Chikhūf, Āntuvān, --- Chikhūf, Āntwān, --- چخوف، آنتوان --- Tsjechov, Anton --- Tsjechow, Anton P. --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich --- Tchekhov, Anton --- Tchekhov, Antone --- Tschechow, Anton --- チェーホフ, アントーン・パーヴロヴィチ --- 체호프, 안톤 --- Чехов, Антон Павлович --- 契诃夫 --- چیخوف

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This book paints a vivid portrait of Anton Chekhov-a Russian writer whose elusive personality and richly detailed plays have left an indelible imprint upon the world's theatre. Every page reveals the joys and difficulties of his short life, his comic sensibility, deep compassion, and often puzzling use of dramatic style and genre. Carnicke demystifies Chekhov's plays-forged from his literary innovations, avid theatergoing, love of vaudeville, and loathing of melodrama. She interweaves biographical and cultural information with insightful case studies and close analysis to leave her reader with a full and fresh perspective on an artist who is as foundational to theatrical traditions as are Shakespeare and Stanislavsky.

Drama. --- Theater. --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Drama --- Drama, Modern --- Dramas --- Dramatic works --- Plays --- Playscripts --- Literature --- Dialogue --- Philosophy --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- Chehov, Anton, --- Chekov, Anton, --- Tschechow, Anton Pawlowits, --- Tchekhov, Anton, --- Czechow, Antoni, --- Tsjechov, Anton, --- Csehov, Anton Pavlovics, --- Cecov, Anton, --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič, --- Chekhonte, A., --- Chʻi-ho-fu, --- Tjechov, Anton Pavlovitj, --- Cehov, Anton Pavlović, --- Tchekoff, Anton, --- Čexov, Anton, --- Чехов, А. П. --- Chekhov, A. P. --- Cehov, Anton Pavlovici, --- Chʻi-ho-fu, An-tung, --- Chéjov, Antón, --- Чехов, А. --- Chekhov, A. --- Chʻi-kʻo-fu, --- Tshīkūf, --- Tshīkūf, Anṭūn, --- Tšehov, A. P., --- Ts'ekhov, --- Ts'ekhov, Anṭon P., --- Tchekov, A. P., --- Tsjekhov, Anton, --- Cekhava, Enṭana, --- Čechov, A. P., --- Cekhovha, Ayāṇṭan, --- Богемский, А., --- Bogemskiĭ, A., --- Ts'ekhov, A. P., --- Tjekhov, Anton, --- טשחוב, אנטון פװלובוץ׳, --- טשעבאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, א. --- טשעכאָװ, אנטאָן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן פּאוולאוויטש, --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעכאוו, א. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ., --- טשעכאוו, א., --- טשעכאװ, אנטאן, --- טשעכאװ, א. --- טשעכאװ, א.פ --- טשעכאװ, א.פ., --- צ׳חוב, אנטון --- צ׳חוב, אנטון, --- צ׳חוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ., --- צ׳כוב --- צ׳כוב, אנטוון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פבלוביץ׳ --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פ. --- צ׳כוב, אנתון פאבלוביץ, --- צ׳כוב, א.פ, --- צ'כוב, אנטון, --- שטעכאװ, א. פ. --- چخڤ، انتن پڤلڤچ, --- 契珂夫, --- Tsechōph, Anton, --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn, --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf, --- Chikhūf, Āntuvān, --- Chikhūf, Āntwān, --- چخوف، آنتوان --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Tsjechov, Anton --- Tsjechow, Anton P. --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich --- Tchekhov, Anton --- Tchekhov, Antone --- Tschechow, Anton --- チェーホフ, アントーン・パーヴロヴィチ --- 체호프, 안톤 --- Чехов, Антон Павлович --- 契诃夫 --- چیخوف

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This work aims to provide primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. It uses three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular, from Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, and George Bernard Shaw.

Drama --- Naturalism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Ibsen, Henrik, --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Shaw, Bernard, --- Birnārd Shū, --- Shū, Birnārd, --- Hsiao, Po-na, --- Shou, Dzhordzh Bernard, --- Corno di Bassetto, --- Bassetto, Corno di, --- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, --- Shou, Bernard, --- Shaw, George Bernard, --- Shaw, G. B. --- Shō, Bānādo, --- Shiyou, Baanādo, --- Shaw, G. Bernard --- Pern̲āṭṣā, --- Pern̲ārṭuṣā, --- Cā, Pern̲āṭ, --- Ṣā, Pern̲ārṭ, --- Ṣā, Jārj Pern̲ārṭu, --- Шоу, Джордж Бернард, --- שאו, בערנארד --- שאו, בערנארד, --- שאו, ברנארד, --- שאו, ברנארד --- שאו, ברנרד --- שאו, ג׳ורג׳ ברנרד --- شو، برنارد، --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- Chehov, Anton, --- Chekov, Anton, --- Tschechow, Anton Pawlowits, --- Tchekhov, Anton, --- Czechow, Antoni, --- Tsjechov, Anton, --- Csehov, Anton Pavlovics, --- Cecov, Anton, --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič, --- Chekhonte, A., --- Chʻi-ho-fu, --- Tjechov, Anton Pavlovitj, --- Cehov, Anton Pavlović, --- Tchekoff, Anton, --- Čexov, Anton, --- Чехов, А. П. --- Chekhov, A. P. --- Cehov, Anton Pavlovici, --- Chʻi-ho-fu, An-tung, --- Chéjov, Antón, --- Чехов, А. --- Chekhov, A. --- Chʻi-kʻo-fu, --- Tshīkūf, --- Tshīkūf, Anṭūn, --- Tšehov, A. P., --- Ts'ekhov, --- Ts'ekhov, Anṭon P., --- Tchekov, A. P., --- Tsjekhov, Anton, --- Cekhava, Enṭana, --- Čechov, A. P., --- Cekhovha, Ayāṇṭan, --- Богемский, А., --- Bogemskiĭ, A., --- Ts'ekhov, A. P., --- Tjekhov, Anton, --- טשחוב, אנטון פװלובוץ׳, --- טשעבאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעחאוו, א. --- טשעכאָװ, אנטאָן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן פּאוולאוויטש, --- טשעכאוו, אנטאן, --- טשעכאוו, א. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ. --- טשעכאוו, א. פ., --- טשעכאוו, א., --- טשעכאװ, אנטאן, --- טשעכאװ, א. --- טשעכאװ, א.פ --- טשעכאװ, א.פ., --- צ׳חוב, אנטון --- צ׳חוב, אנטון, --- צ׳חוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ. --- צ׳יחוב, א. פ., --- צ׳כוב --- צ׳כוב, אנטוון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פבלוביץ׳ --- צ׳כוב, אנטון פ. --- צ׳כוב, אנתון פאבלוביץ, --- צ׳כוב, א.פ, --- צ'כוב, אנטון, --- שטעכאװ, א. פ. --- چخڤ، انتن پڤلڤچ, --- 契珂夫, --- Tsechōph, Anton, --- Cīk̲h̲auf, Antūn, --- Antūn Cīk̲h̲auf, --- Chikhūf, Āntuvān, --- Chikhūf, Āntwān, --- چخوف، آنتوان --- イプセン, ヘンリック --- Tsjechov, Anton --- Tsjechow, Anton P. --- Čechov, Anton Pavlovič --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich --- Tchekhov, Anton --- Tchekhov, Antone --- Tschechow, Anton --- チェーホフ, アントーン・パーヴロヴィチ --- 체호프, 안톤 --- Чехов, Антон Павлович --- 契诃夫 --- چیخوف