1st Edition
Chekhov, The Anxious Playwright His Four Great Plays in Their Cultural Context
Preface
Part I. General Considerations
Chapter 1. Individuation and Ideas in Two Jewish Critics: Yury Tynyanov and Harold Bloom
Part II. Chekhov’s Evolution
Chapter 2. Chekhov in the 1870s: Initial Encounters with Authority Figures
Chapter 3. Chekhov in the 1880s: The Eventful Decade
Chapter 4. Chekhov’s Maturation in the Age of Impressionism
Part III. Chekhov’s Plays
Chapter 5. The Unity of Chekhov's four Great Plays
Chapter 6. Ephebes and Precursors in The Seagull
Chapter 7. Uncle Vanya, the Anti-Seagull
Chapter 8. The Three Sisters, a Unique Chekhov Play
Chapter 9. The Cherry Orchard, an Innovative Swan Song
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jim Curtis is Professor Emeritus of Russian Literature. He received his PhD from Columbia University and was professor of Russian literature at the University of Missouri-Columbia for 31 years.
