The resort myth in Chekhov’s Crimean prose
Journal: Voprosy literatury
Year: 2018

The article focuses on the traces of the Crimean resort myth in Chekhov’s works produced before 1888, when he first travelled to Crimea: Live Goods [ Zhivoy tovar ], A Tripping Tongue [ Dlinniy yazyk ], Excellent People [ Khoroshie lyudi ], An Actor’s End [ Aktyorskaya gibel ], and On March. On April. On May. On June and July. On August [ O marte. Ob aprele. O maye. Ob iyune i iyule. Ob avguste ]. The resort myth emerges in the late 1800s, and mainly through Chekhov’s works. This agrees with the