{"product_id":"understanding-chekhov-a-critical-study-of-chekhovs-prose-and-drama-paperback-softback-9780299163143","title":"Understanding Chekhov; A Critical Study of Chekhov'S Prose and Drama (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299163143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnderstanding Chekhov\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Study of Chekhov'S Prose and Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Rayfield (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299163143\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An outstanding book. . . . The best introduction to Chekhov, man and work, today.\"—Robert L. Jackson, Yale University\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOf all Russian writers, Chekhov is one of the  best liked and most easily appreciated. Yet he is also one of the most  elusive. Here Donald Rayfield reveals the layers of meaning on which the  great dramatist's stories and plays are built. He examines his brief  twenty-year creative life, from medical student supplementing his income  by writing comic stories to his rapid rise as the father of  twentieth-century drama and narrative prose. \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e  is enriched by revelations from previously unexplored archival  material, which deepen our understanding of Chekhov's sources,  preoccupations, philosophy, and his relations with theater, with fellow  writers, and with contemporary ideas.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530902663448,"sku":"9780299163143","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/understanding-chekhov-a-critical-study-of-chekhovs-prose-and-drama-paperback-softback-9780299163143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}