description: Lower Depths is considered by many to be one of the most important dramatic works produced in modern Russia. This study offers both a historical survey of the play's fortunes with critics and theatrical practitioners and a detailed commentary which illuminates specific points of interpretation. The purpose throughout is to explain the reasons for the play's immense contemporary impact and its enduring appeal on the world stage. The study also emphasises the capacity of the play to generate altenative, even quite contradictory readings.
language: English
title: Gorky's Lower Depths: Critical Study
titlecomplete: Gorky's Lower Depths: Critical Study (BCP Critical Studies in Russian Literature)
publisher: Bristol Classical Press