Breaking free from death : the art of being a successful Russian writer /

"Breaking Free from Death examines how Russian writers respond to the burden of living with anxieties about their creative outputs, and, ultimately, about their own inevitable finitude. What contributes to creative death are not just crippling diseases that make man defenseless in the face of d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rylkova, Galina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2020.
Temas:
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910.
1800-1899
Death in literature.
Authors, Russian > 19th century > Attitudes.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Mort dans la littérature.
Écrivains russes > 19e siècle > Attitudes.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Authors, Russian > Attitudes.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Breaking Free from Death
  • Part One: Beginnings and Endings. 1. Leo Tolstoy and the Privilege of Formidable Hypochondria
  • 2. In Chertkov's Grip
  • 3. Uncle Vanya : The Drama of Sustainability
  • 4. "Homo Sachaliensis" : Chekhov's "Character" as a Strategy
  • 5. The Steppe as a Story of Humble and Spectacular Beginnings
  • Part Two: Transcending Death. 6. Reading Chekhov through Meyerhold's Eyes
  • 7. Living with Tolstoy and Dying with Chekhov : Ivan Bunin's Liberation of Tolstoy (1937) and About Chekhov (1953) as Two Modes of Auto/Biographical Writing
  • 8. "There is a way out" : The Cherry Orchard in the Twenty-First Century
  • 9. A Boring Story : Chekhov's Trip to Germany in 1904
  • Epilogue: Oyster Fever : Chekhov and Turgenev.

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