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Chekhov for the 21st Century

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Published by: Slavica Publishers
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Table of Contents

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Half-Title

pp. i-ii

Title Page

pp. iii-iii

Copyright Page

pp. iv-iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-ix

Note on the Text

pp. x-x

Introduction

pp. 1-10

Part I: Space

pp. 11-12

The Spaces Between the Places: Chekhov’s “Without a Title” and the Art of Being (Out) There

pp. 13-30

Chekhov’s The Duel, or How to Colonize Responsibly

pp. 31-48

Circuses and Cemeteries: Chekhovian Topoi

pp. 49-54

Part II: Time

pp. 55-56

Being as Event, or the Drama of Dasein: Chekhov’s The Three Sisters

pp. 57-78

Classical Ideas of Fate in Chekhov’s Dramaturgy

pp. 79-88

The Death of the Hero in Chekhov’s World

pp. 89-108

Nabokov’s Debt to Chekhov’s Art of Memory

pp. 109-124

Part III: Person

pp. 125-126

Of Interpretation and Stolen Kisses: From Poetics to Metapoetics in Chekhov’s “The Kiss”

pp. 127-148

Reading Chekhov Through Meyerhold’s Eyes

pp. 149-166

The Marriage of Figaro, the Marriage of Lopakhin: The Hero's Revolt

pp. 167-180

Cultural Kenosis in Chekhov’s “The Wife”

pp. 181-194

Part IV: Word

pp. 195-196

“Put Yourself in the Place of a Corncrake”: Chekhov’s Poetics of Reconciliation

pp. 197-210

Graphic Insert

pp. a-bb

The Psychology of Chekhov’s Creative Method and Generative Poetics

pp. 211-222

Chekhov’s Style in Light of General Systems Thinking: The Steppe as a Positional Masterpiece

pp. 223-244

Part V: Transpositions

pp. 245-246

The Cherry Orchard in the Twenty-First Century: New Adaptations and Versions

pp. 247-268

Three Sisters as a Case Study for “Making Foreign Theater or Making Theater Foreign”

pp. 269-280

Gained in Translation: Chekhov’s “Lady”

pp. 281-298

Uncle Vanya: Life in Time (Reception and Interpretation)

pp. 299-316

Chekhov in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute

pp. 317-334

“A Cigar in the Fresh Air”: Chekhov’s Yasha Lives!

pp. 335-348

Remixing Chekhov

pp. 349-354

Works Cited

pp. 355-374

Cover

pp. c-c
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