- Chekhov: Plays, Stories, Letters & Life

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Focus of the course is on the major plays (The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, etc.) and stories of this prolific and influential Russian writer, with supplementary reading from his letters. A biographically-inflected exploration of the work of a generous, engaged person of letters who was also a public health pioneer, early environmentalist, and critic of Russian politics and society during its famous turn-of-the-century “twilight,” on the verge of revolution.