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 essay, Chances views the seagull as a symbol that Chekhov ridicules; in fact, the critic asserts, "the entire play might, perhaps, be considered a parody of symbolism."
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The excerpt below is taken from a posthumous publication of Nabokov's notes for lectures delivered to literature classes. The year of Nabokov's death has been used to date the essay. Her...
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In this essay, Strongin contends that The Seagull parodies "the artificial and melodramatic conventions of so much of the theater of its day. "
The play's ending suggests melodram...
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In the following essay, which was originally published in Russian in 1982, Paperny maintains that The Seagull comprises "a mosaic of disparate bits, " or microsubjects, in which "...
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In the essay below, Curtis offers a psychoanalytic reading of The Seagull, in which he argues that the play "represents a successful working through of Chekhov's anxiety of influence�...
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In the following essay, Frayn provides an overview of The Seagull, focusing on its initial spectacular failure in St. Petersburg and its equally spectacular success in Moscow a month later.
'A ...
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In the essay below, which was first published in 1992, Gilman asserts: "The Seagull is about art and love not so much in the sense that they are its topics but in the sense that the entire play...
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In the following essay, Winner explores parallels between The Seagull and Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Chekhov's use of literary allusions or echoes represents one of the most striking variatio...
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In the following essay, Katsell identifies the influence Guy de Maupassant had on Chekhov and draws parallels between The Seagull and Maupassant's travel sketch Sur l'eau.
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In the following essay, Strongin contends that Chekhov intended The Seagull to be ironic and included many parodies of contemporary theater within it.
The play's ending suggests melodrama: Nina...
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In the following essay, which was originally published in 1982, Paperny studies the lesser themes of The Seagull, which contribute to the play's complexity.
The study of Chekhov's text c...
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In the following essay, Curtis reviews the literary predecessors of The Seagull and their influence upon Chekhov.
Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence takes the Freudian concept of an oedipa...
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In the following essay, Rozik examines the use of the seagull as a symbol in Chekhov's play.
Introduction
The ‘seagull’ metaphor is a focal point within a comprehensive and comple...
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In the following essay, Scolnicov delineates the influences that Hamlet had on Chekhov and the relationship between Hamlet and The Seagull.
That The Seagull is indebted to Hamlet in many ways has long...
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In the following essay, Gilman explores the twin themes of love and art in The Seagull.
Some preliminary notes, ideas, observations, questions, and reminders for an essay on the play.
Its title is the...
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In the following essay, Brown examines how The Seagull and Chekhov's other plays have been interpreted on the British stage.
Productions of Chekhov's plays in Britain provide yearly proo...
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In the following essay, Reid discusses the nature of the symbolism Chekhov used in The Seagull and the influence of the mystic Vladimir Solovyov on the author.
Our time must be defined by two opposing...
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In the following essay, Rayfield puts Chekhov into historical context to explain the importance of his plays, particularly The Seagull, to the evolution of the theater.
To understand what made Chekhov...
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In the following essay, which was originally published in 1967, Jackson elucidates the theme of art versus reality in The Seagull.
Art is at the center of The Seagull. Four characters in the play are ...
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In the following essay, from a work first published in England in 1968, Williams delineates the impact of The Seagull on the theater.
I regard the stage of today as mere routine and prejudice. When th...
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In the following essay, Kendle analyzes Chekhov's use of references to horses in The Seagull.
An elaborate refrain emerges from the apparently random requests for horses in The Sea Gull. As the...
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In the following essay, Curtis highlights Chekhov's contribution to modernism as exemplified by The Seagull.
Introduction
Roger Shattuck's The Banquet Years. The Origins of the Avant Gar...
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In the following essay, Sagar considers how seriously the seagull symbol should be taken in The Seagull.
In Modern Drama, (September, 1965) Dorothy U. Seyler suggests, in a most unconvincing article, ...
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In the following essay, Senelick examines the influence of Chekhov's own experiences and relationships on The Seagull.
Of all Chekhov's plays, The Seagull is perhaps the most personal, f...
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In the following essay, Chances discusses Chekhov's use of the seagull as a symbol in The Seagull.
When discussing Chekhov's play The Seagull, one can divide criticism into two schools. ...
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In the following essay, Scott highlights Chekhov's theme of the artist's life as expounded in The Seagull.
In 1898 the Moscow Art Theatre, led by Constantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nem...
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Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will play Trigorin, the lover to Dianne Wiest's magnetic actress, Arkadina, in Anton Chekhov's 1896 play, The Seagull, at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street)...
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Ian McKellen says playing the title character in William Shakespeare's "King Lear" is more nerve-racking than his recent Hollywood film roles.Singapore is the first stop on the Royal Shakespeare Co...
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The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II will be cut down Nov. 21 because it is too diseased to be saved, the city said Tuesday.The 150-year-old ...
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The ancient chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland must be cut down, the Amsterdam city council said Tuesday.
The diseased tr...
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Stockholm (dpa) - A war of words of extraordinary nastiness has
erupted among Sweden's internationally successful crime writers just
as the summer holidays are getting into ...
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The diseased chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II has been granted a reprieve.The 150-year-old tree was due to be chopped down after experts dete...
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Conservationists seeking to save the chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis said Monday it is strong enough to withstand a storm, and urged the city to delay its order to...
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Hiding from the Nazis in a cramped Amsterdam apartment, Anne Frank often gazed at a majestic chestnut tree visible through an attic skylight — her only window to the outside world — and...
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Nearly every morning I go to the attic to blow the stuffy air out of my lungs, from my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little rai...
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov
Critical Essay by Ellen Chances
NJ drops wire plan to deter seagulls
