Anton Chekhov s Selected Stories contains a wide spectrum
of classics and new favorites, including Ward No. 6, The Lady with
the Little Dog, Anna on the Neck, The Name-Day Party, The Kiss, An
Incident at Law, and Elements Most Often Found in Novels, Short
Stories, Etc. 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 translators strategies. "Life and Letters"
includes a rich selection of Chekhov s letters, some in English for
the first time, some with previously redacted passages restored, as
well as Aileen Kelly s portrait of Chekhov Criticism explores the
wide range of approaches and interpretations in two sections.
Approaches juxtaposes five different perspectives on how to read
Chekhov, represented by Peter Bitsilli, Alexander Chudakov, Robert
Louis Jackson, Vladimir Kataev, and Radislav Lapushin.
Interpretations contains ten divergent readings of stories in this
edition. Case studies include Michael Finke on At Sea; Cathy Popkin
on [A Nervous] Breakdown; Julie de Sherbinin on Peasant Women; Liza
Knapp on Ward No. 6; Robert Louis Jackson on Rothschild s Fiddle
and The Student; Wolf Schmid on The Student; John Freedman on Man
in a Case, Gooseberries, and About Love; Caryl Emerson on A
Calamity, Anna on the Neck, About Love, and The Lady with the
Little Dog; and Rufus Mathewson on The Lady with the Little Dog and
The Beauties. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included,
as is a postscript on the translators and their work. A special
section, Comparison Translations, gives passages from selected
stories in multiple translations "
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Norton Critical Editions |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Authors: |
Anton Chekhov
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Editors: |
Cathy Popkin
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Dimensions: |
211 x 127 x 41mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
694 |
Edition: |
2nd annotated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-92530-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
0-393-92530-7 |
Barcode: |
9780393925302 |
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