| Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays Contributor(s): Chekhov, Anton (Author), Senelick, Laurence (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393924653 ISBN-13: 9780393924657 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $28.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 891.723 |
| LCCN: 2004058324 |
| Series: Norton Critical Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.22" W x 8.36" (1.08 lbs) 674 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Norton Critical Edition includes five of Chekhov's major plays--Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard--and three early one-act farces that inform his later work--The Bear, The Wedding, and The Celebration. Laurence Senelick's masterful translations closely preserve Chekhov's singular style--his abundant jokes and literary allusions and his careful use of phrase repetition to bind the plays together. Letters is the largest collection of Chekhov's commentary on his plays ever to appear in an English-language edition. Criticism includes eleven essays by leading European and Russian Chekhov scholars, most appearing in English for the first time, including those by Boris Zingerman, Maria Deppermann, and Lev Shestor. This volume also provides discussion of Chekhov's plays by some of the twentieth century's great directors, including Konstantin Stanislavsky, Peter Brook, and Mark Rozovsky. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chekhov, Anton: - Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow.Senelick, Laurence: - Laurence Senelick is the Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory at Tufts University and author of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning The Chekhov Theatre and The Changing Room: Sex, Drag, and the Theatre. He is director of his own translations of Gogol's The Inspector General (1998) and Euripides' The Bakkhai (2001). |