Seeing Chekhov: Life and Art

by Michael C. Finke

Book Overview

"Chekhov's keen powers of observation have been remarked by both memoirists who knew him well and scholars who approach him only through the written record and across the distance of many decades. To apprehend Chekhov means seeing how Chekhov sees, and the author's remarkable vision is understood as deriving from his occupational or professional training and identity. But we have failed to register, let alone understand, just what a central concern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443156
• ISBN13: 9780801443152
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher