Uncle Vanya (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Bordinat, Philip. “Dramatic Structure in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya” in Chekhov’s Great Plays, New York University Press, 1981, pp. 47-60.

  A discussion of how Chekhov’s plays are structured.

• Gilman, Richard. Chekhov’s Plays: An Opening into Eternity, Yale University Press, 1997.

  An examination of each of Chekhov’s full-length plays, placing them in the context of Russian and European drama and of the artist’s own life.

• Koteliansky, S. S., editor and translator. Anton Tchekhov: Literary and Theatrical Reminiscences, Benjamin Blom, 1965.

  A collection of literary and theatrical reminiscences of Chekhov from writers Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky and from directors V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko and Konstantin Stanislavsky, as well as excerpts from Chekhov’s diary.

• Magarshack, David. “Purpose and Structure in Chekhov’s Plays” in Anton Chekhov’s Plays, W. W. Norton, 1977, pp. 259-71.

  An essay that discusses how Chekhov’s plays were interpreted by the Moscow Art Theater and how his plays are constructed.

• Melchinger, Siegfried. Anton Chekhov, Frederick Ungar, 1972.

  This book provides a biographical essay and discussions of all Chekhov’s major plays.

• Rayfield, Donald. Anton Chekhov: A Life, Henry Holt, 1998.

  A well-structured and comprehensive biography of the writer. Rayfield is a noted Chekhov scholar.

• Vitins, leva. “Uncle Vanya’s Predicament” in Chekhov’s Great Plays, New York University Press, 1981, pp. 35 – 46.

  An essay on Uncle Vanya.