Understanding Chekhov: A Critical Study of Chekhov's Prose and Drama

by Donald Rayfield

The world of traditional Chinese drama can be at once fascinating and bewildering to the uninitiated Western observer. Attuned to his own dramatic conventions, he is hard put to apprehend the delicate fusion of poetry, music, and subtle gesture which is the essence of Chinese theatre. Because of these difficulties, the task of translating traditional Chinese drama must go far beyond the conventional literary treatment and evoke the entire world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299163148
• ISBN13: 9780299163143
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"