Yuri Corrigan is Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at Boston University. He is the author of Dostoevsky and the Riddle of the Self (2017).

• Preface: The Poet of Catastrophe Cornel West; Introduction Yuri Corrigan; Part I. Life: 1. Son, brother, husband (in Correspondence) Alevtina Kuzicheva; 2. Chekhov's friends Vladimir Kataev; 3. An 'Indeterminate Situation': Chekhov's illness and death Michael Finke; Part II. Society: 4. Class Anne Lounsbery; 5. Money Vadim Shneyder; 6. Politics Derek Offord; 7. Peasants Christine D. Worobec; 8. The woman question Jenny Kaminer; 9. Sex Melissa L. Miller; 10. Social activism Andrei Stepanov; 11. Environmentalism Jane Costlow; 12. Sakhalin Island Edyta M. Bojanowska; Part III. Culture: 13. Philosophy Michal Oklot; 14. Religion Denis Zhernokleyev; 15. Science Elena Fratto; 16. Medicine and the mind-body problem Matthew Mangold; 17. The arts Serge Gregory; 18. Fin de Siècle Mark D. Steinberg; 19. The harm that good ideas do Gary Saul Morson; 20. Chekhov's Intelligentsias Svetlana Evdokimova; Part IV. Literature: 21. Print culture Louise McReynolds; 22. Embarrassment Caryl Emerson; 23. Tolstoy Rosamund Bartlett; 24. French literature Sergei A. Kibalnik; 25. Modernism and symbolism Lindsay Ceballos; 26. Theatrical traditions Anna Muza; 27. Modern theatre: Resonances and intersections Julia Listengarten; 28. Chekhov's Moscow art theatre (1897-1904) Sharon Marie Carnicke; Part V. Afterlives: 29. Soviet contexts Radislav Lapushin; 30. Chekhov in England Olga Tabachnikova; 31. The American stage James N. Loehlin; 32. Chekhov in East Asia Heekyoung Cho; 33. Film Justin Wilmes; 34. In Translation: Chekhov's path into english Carol Apollonio; Afterword: Chekhov's endings Robin Feuer Miller; Further reading; Endnotes.

'Chekhov (as Cornel West and Yuri Corrigan remind us) poses a problem for the academy: he is notoriously hard to explain or teach. Rather than attempting to pin this elusive author down, this volume provides many different frames and contexts in which Chekhov's works can be read and interpreted. An essential guide for all teachers, readers, and lovers of Chekhov.' Irina Paperno, University of California, Berkeley

Yuri Corrigan is Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at Boston University. He is the author of Dostoevsky and the Riddle of the Self (2017).

• Preface: The Poet of Catastrophe Cornel West; Introduction Yuri Corrigan; Part I. Life: 1. Son, brother, husband (in Correspondence) Alevtina Kuzicheva; 2. Chekhov's friends Vladimir Kataev; 3. An 'Indeterminate Situation': Chekhov's illness and death Michael Finke; Part II. Society: 4. Class Anne Lounsbery; 5. Money Vadim Shneyder; 6. Politics Derek Offord; 7. Peasants Christine D. Worobec; 8. The woman question Jenny Kaminer; 9. Sex Melissa L. Miller; 10. Social activism Andrei Stepanov; 11. Environmentalism Jane Costlow; 12. Sakhalin Island Edyta M. Bojanowska; Part III. Culture: 13. Philosophy Michal Oklot; 14. Religion Denis Zhernokleyev; 15. Science Elena Fratto; 16. Medicine and the mind-body problem Matthew Mangold; 17. The arts Serge Gregory; 18. Fin de Siècle Mark D. Steinberg; 19. The harm that good ideas do Gary Saul Morson; 20. Chekhov's Intelligentsias Svetlana Evdokimova; Part IV. Literature: 21. Print culture Louise McReynolds; 22. Embarrassment Caryl Emerson; 23. Tolstoy Rosamund Bartlett; 24. French literature Sergei A. Kibalnik; 25. Modernism and symbolism Lindsay Ceballos; 26. Theatrical traditions Anna Muza; 27. Modern theatre: Resonances and intersections Julia Listengarten; 28. Chekhov's Moscow art theatre (1897-1904) Sharon Marie Carnicke; Part V. Afterlives: 29. Soviet contexts Radislav Lapushin; 30. Chekhov in England Olga Tabachnikova; 31. The American stage James N. Loehlin; 32. Chekhov in East Asia Heekyoung Cho; 33. Film Justin Wilmes; 34. In Translation: Chekhov's path into english Carol Apollonio; Afterword: Chekhov's endings Robin Feuer Miller; Further reading; Endnotes.

'Chekhov (as Cornel West and Yuri Corrigan remind us) poses a problem for the academy: he is notoriously hard to explain or teach. Rather than attempting to pin this elusive author down, this volume provides many different frames and contexts in which Chekhov's works can be read and interpreted. An essential guide for all teachers, readers, and lovers of Chekhov.' Irina Paperno, University of California, Berkeley

Yuri Corrigan is Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at Boston University. He is the author of Dostoevsky and the Riddle of the Self (2017).

• Preface: The Poet of Catastrophe Cornel West; Introduction Yuri Corrigan; Part I. Life: 1. Son, brother, husband (in Correspondence) Alevtina Kuzicheva; 2. Chekhov's friends Vladimir Kataev; 3. An 'Indeterminate Situation': Chekhov's illness and death Michael Finke; Part II. Society: 4. Class Anne Lounsbery; 5. Money Vadim Shneyder; 6. Politics Derek Offord; 7. Peasants Christine D. Worobec; 8. The woman question Jenny Kaminer; 9. Sex Melissa L. Miller; 10. Social activism Andrei Stepanov; 11. Environmentalism Jane Costlow; 12. Sakhalin Island Edyta M. Bojanowska; Part III. Culture: 13. Philosophy Michal Oklot; 14. Religion Denis Zhernokleyev; 15. Science Elena Fratto; 16. Medicine and the mind-body problem Matthew Mangold; 17. The arts Serge Gregory; 18. Fin de Siècle Mark D. Steinberg; 19. The harm that good ideas do Gary Saul Morson; 20. Chekhov's Intelligentsias Svetlana Evdokimova; Part IV. Literature: 21. Print culture Louise McReynolds; 22. Embarrassment Caryl Emerson; 23. Tolstoy Rosamund Bartlett; 24. French literature Sergei A. Kibalnik; 25. Modernism and symbolism Lindsay Ceballos; 26. Theatrical traditions Anna Muza; 27. Modern theatre: Resonances and intersections Julia Listengarten; 28. Chekhov's Moscow art theatre (1897-1904) Sharon Marie Carnicke; Part V. Afterlives: 29. Soviet contexts Radislav Lapushin; 30. Chekhov in England Olga Tabachnikova; 31. The American stage James N. Loehlin; 32. Chekhov in East Asia Heekyoung Cho; 33. Film Justin Wilmes; 34. In Translation: Chekhov's path into english Carol Apollonio; Afterword: Chekhov's endings Robin Feuer Miller; Further reading; Endnotes.

'Chekhov (as Cornel West and Yuri Corrigan remind us) poses a problem for the academy: he is notoriously hard to explain or teach. Rather than attempting to pin this elusive author down, this volume provides many different frames and contexts in which Chekhov's works can be read and interpreted. An essential guide for all teachers, readers, and lovers of Chekhov.' Irina Paperno, University of California, Berkeley