| Chekhov Contributor(s): Sanders, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0876859651 ISBN-13: 9780876859650 Publisher: Black Sparrow Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 Annotation: "Chekhov" brings the art of poetic biography to its full, booklength expression -- Sanders' practice of investigative poetry unlaying both the life of one of the greatest writers and the turbulent history of pre-Revolutionary Russia, ever on the edge of Europe, the bloody wave of pogroms and anti-Semitic persecutions which marked the times of the great Russian master playwright, story writer and physician Anton Chekhov. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95011802 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a unique style of biographical poetry, Edward Sanders recounts the short life and revolutionary times of Anton Chekov. It's a highly readable work, beautiful as poetry, accessible as prose, that succeeds brilliantly in telling Chekhov's complex, fascinating life story.--Booklist |