Understanding Chekhov
Subtitle: a critical study of Chekhov's prose and drama
By: by Donald Rayfield.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Of all Russian writers, Chekhov is one of the best liked and most easily appreciated. Yet because his work is subtle and understated, we need help to understand him. Chekhov can be (as his friends complained) the most elusive of writers, and one who appears capable of having two opposite views and opposite intentions simultaneously."--BOOK JACKET.

"Donald Rayfield, one of the world's foremost Chekhov scholars, reveals the layers of meaning on which the stories and plays are built. All Chekhov's important works are studied: we see how closely the two genres are connected and gain insight into Chekhov's rapid development over his brief twenty years of creative life, from medical student supplementing his income by writing comic stories, to father of twentieth-century drama and narrative prose."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.