Biblical subtexts and religious themes in works of Anton Chekhov
By: Mark Stanley Swift.
Series: Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature,; v. 18
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Religion.; Bible -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Competing views of a "religious" and "nonreligious" Chekhov; title: Chekhov's creative method; title: Chekhov's Solomon theme; title: "Happiness" and the steppe theme; title: Subtexts of Hebrew wisdom literature in "The steppe"; title: Human potential versus human reality in "The seizure"; title: Biblical, demonological, and mythological subtexts in "In exile"; title: The Judeo-Christian subtext in Chekhov's themes of chance and suffering; title: The significance of work and love; title: Chekhov's eclectic vision.