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Staging Existence Chekhov s Tetralogy
by [Evdokimova, Svetlana]
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Anton Chekhov is justly famous as an author and a playwright, with his work continuing to appear on stages around the world more than a century after his death. However, he is rarely studied for his intellectual and philosophical theories. His disinterest in developing a "unified idea"-in vogue for Russian intellectuals of his time-and his aversion to the maximalism characteristic of contemporary Russian culture and society set him apart from his fellow writers. As a result, Chekhov's contribution to intellectual and philosophical discourse was obscured both by his contemporaries and by subsequent scholars.
Svetlana Evdokimova tackles this gap in Chekhov scholarship, examining the profound connections between his unstated philosophy and his artistic production. Arguing that Chekhov's four major plays (The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull, and Uncle Vanya) constitute a kind of cycle, Staging Existence offers a major reappraisal of this critical playwright in Russian intellectual history. Evdokimova's deep, careful research into Chekhov's engagement with contemporary philosophy provides insight into both Chekhov's oeuvre and the writer himself.
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- University of Wisconsin P Brand
- Nov 28, 2023 Pub Date:
- 9780299344801 ISBN-13:
- 0299344800 ISBN-10:
- 302.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.8 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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