description: Since his death in 1904, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's works have had an enormous resonance in different cultures and fields of artistic activity. The essays in this volume examine the various aspects of his reception in Europe. North America, and the Far East. There are analyses of prose, film, and ballet transformations of his work, discussions of many theatre productions, and essays on the problems involved in translating his work into other languages. A final topic is Chekhov's biography as a changing cultural artifact.
language: English
title: Chekhov Then and Now: The Reception of Chekhov in World Culture
titlecomplete: Chekhov Then and Now: The Reception of Chekhov in World Culture (Middlebury Studies in Russian Language and Literature)
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers