Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

Fifty-two stories spanning Chekhovâ€™s career.

Anton Chekhovâ€™s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum of classics and new favorites, including â€œWard No. 6,â€ â€œThe Lady with the Little Dog,â€ â€œAnna on the Neck,â€ â€œThe Name-Day Party,â€ â€œThe Kiss,â€ An Incident at Law,â€ and â€œElements Most Often Found in Novels, Short Stories, Etc.â€ This edition features twenty-five brand-new translations, commissioned expressly for this volume from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Peter Constantine, Rosamund Bartlett, Michael Henry Heim, among others. Twenty translations have been selected from the published work of such master translators as Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher, Ann Dunnigan, and Ronald Hingley. Seven additional translations are by Constance Garnett, substantially revised by Cathy Popkin. All stories are annotated to clarify unfamiliar material and to point out differences in the translatorsâ€™ strategies.

"Life and Letters" includes a rich selection of Chekhovâ€™s letters, some in English for the first time, some with previously redacted passages restored, as well as Aileen Kellyâ€™s portrait of Chekhov.

â€œCriticismâ€ explores the wide range of approaches and interpretations in two sections. â€œApproachesâ€ juxtaposes five different perspectives on how to read Chekhov, represented by Peter Bitsilli, Alexander Chudakov, Robert Louis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, and Radislav Lapushin. â€œInterpretationsâ€ contains ten divergent readings of stories in this edition. Case studies include Michael Finke on â€œAt Seaâ€; Cathy Popkin on â€œ[A Nervous] Breakdownâ€; Julie de Sherbinin on â€œPeasant Womenâ€; Liza Knapp on â€œWard No. 6â€; Robert Louis Jackson on â€œRothschildâ€™s Fiddleâ€ and â€œThe Studentâ€; Wolf Schmid on â€œThe Studentâ€; John Freedman on â€œMan in a Case,â€ â€œGooseberries,â€ and â€œAbout Loveâ€; Caryl Emerson on â€œA Calamity,â€ â€œAnna on the Neck,â€ â€œAbout Love,â€ and â€œThe Lady with the Little Dogâ€; and Rufus Mathewson on â€œThe Lady with the Little Dogâ€ and â€œThe Beauties.â€

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included, as is a postscript on the translators and their work. A special section, â€œComparison Translations,â€ gives passages from selected stories in multiple translations.

Country	USA
Author	Anton Chekhov
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780393269116
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
NumberOfPages	758
PublicationDate	2014-02-14
Publisher	W. W. Norton & Company
ReleaseDate	2014-02-07
Studio	W. W. Norton & Company

Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

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