The Russian author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) is among the major short-story writers and dramatists of modern times.During the last half of the 19th century the old order in Russia was crumbl...
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Anton Chekhov is today one of the most widely known authors of nineteenth-century Russian literature. Appreciated not only in Russia and the West but also in Asia, he was a master of the short story, ...
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In the following excerpt, Hahn describes “The Duel” as “novelistic” in form and method, explores its theme, and compares the work to the fiction of Tolstoy.
But life is ...
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In the following excerpt, Tulloch interprets “The Duel” in light of evolutionary degeneration theory, and views the conflict between an “ambivalence of false choice” and th...
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In the following excerpt, Kirk discusses plot, character, and theme in “The Duel.”
“The Duel” was serialized in the periodical Novoe vremya in 1891. While Chekhov was wr...
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In the following excerpt, Pritchett analyzes “The Duel,” focusing on character and the work's “playlike architecture.”
In “The Duel” we see the conf...
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In the following essay, Durkin investigates allusions to the writing of N. S. Laskov in “The Duel,” and examines the opposition between science and the humanities in the story.
The ce...
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In the following essay, Axelrod sees “the need for salvation and moral reform” as central to “The Duel,” and traces biblical references underlying this theme in the work.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov
Critical Essay by Beverly Hahn
