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- catalog abstract ""Examining Chekhov's life within the context of his art, Mr. Callow finds him astonishingly modern: the new kind of man, uncomfortable in the world and refusing to sentimentalize his unease. But the love theme that is central to his biography and his art, which Mr. Callow explores with a novelist's skills and sensitivities, has been somehow slighted by Chekhov scholars. It is the hidden ground from which his work sprang and on which his divided life stood." "We must constantly remind ourselves that Chekhov was for years a doctor first and a writer second, seeing writing as a frivolous, irrelevant activity. He exhausted himself with this double life and was soon in bad health. Mr. Callow's portrait reveals a puzzlingly elusive man who constantly surprises us: a modest genius who finds the whole nature of fame unseemly; a man furious at injustice who is apolitical; a humorist in despair before the mediocrity, stupidity, and cruelty of the world; a generous spirit unable to stop working to improve the lot of others, incapable of turning anyone away, who remains stubbornly apart and hidden."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10762267.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""Examining Chekhov's life within the context of his art, Mr. Callow finds him astonishingly modern: the new kind of man, uncomfortable in the world and refusing to sentimentalize his unease. But the love theme that is central to his biography and his art, which Mr. Callow explores with a novelist's skills and sensitivities, has been somehow slighted by Chekhov scholars. It is the hidden ground from which his work sprang and on which his divided life stood." "We must constantly remind ourselves that Chekhov was for years a doctor first and a writer second, seeing writing as a frivolous, irrelevant activity. He exhausted himself with this double life and was soon in bad health. Mr. Callow's portrait reveals a puzzlingly elusive man who constantly surprises us: a modest genius who finds the whole nature of fame unseemly; a man furious at injustice who is apolitical; a humorist in despair before the mediocrity, stupidity, and cruelty of the world; a generous spirit unable to stop working to improve the lot of others, incapable of turning anyone away, who remains stubbornly apart and hidden."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Family, Shop, and School -- Alone in Taganrog -- Medicine and Humor -- New Doctor -- From Leykin to Suvorin -- Dejection and Death -- Dreams of Exile -- Sakhalin and After -- At Melikhovo -- Domesticity and Lika -- To the South -- Social Worker -- Disaster in Petersburg -- On the Move -- Gorky and Tolstoy -- Certified Invalid -- Yalta Without Olga -- Escaping the Text -- Secret Marriage -- "It's Over."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415) and index.".
- catalog extent "428 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Chekhov, the hidden ground.".
- catalog identifier "1566631874 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Chekhov, the hidden ground.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
- catalog relation "Chekhov, the hidden ground.".
- catalog subject "891.72/3 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, Russian 19th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.".
- catalog subject "PG3458 .C35 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Family, Shop, and School -- Alone in Taganrog -- Medicine and Humor -- New Doctor -- From Leykin to Suvorin -- Dejection and Death -- Dreams of Exile -- Sakhalin and After -- At Melikhovo -- Domesticity and Lika -- To the South -- Social Worker -- Disaster in Petersburg -- On the Move -- Gorky and Tolstoy -- Certified Invalid -- Yalta Without Olga -- Escaping the Text -- Secret Marriage -- "It's Over."".
- catalog title "Chekhov, the hidden ground : a biography / by Philip Callow.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".