Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp xi-xxx

List of Names

pp xxxi-xlviii

List of Russian Cultural Concepts

pp xlix-lii

Three Brief Biographies – Rozanov, Merezhkovskii and Shestov

pp liii-lx

Part One - Vasilii Rozanov

pp 1-2

1 - Rozanov on Chekhov: ‘Overcoming Literature’ and Extending Horizons

pp 3-12

2 - Kind and Quiet: Vasilii Rozanov's Reading of Chekhov

pp 13-36

3 - Contemporaneity, Competition and Combat. Facts and Fictions about Everybody and Passiveness, Orientalism and Anaesthesia in Rozanov's View on Chekhov

pp 37-62

4 - ‘Tree of Life’ and ‘Dead Waters’: Why was Rozanov Afraid of Chekhov?

pp 63-90

Part Two - Dmitrii Merezhkovskii

pp 91-92

5 - Chekhov and Merezhkovskii: Two Types of Artistic-Philosophical Consciousness

pp 93-112

6 - Negating His Own Negation: Merezhkovskii's Understanding of Chekhov's Role in Russian Culture

pp 113-128

7 - An Illuminating Misinterpretation? On Merezhkovskii's Literary Criticism of Chekhov

pp 129-140

8 - Can Merezhkovskii See the Spirit in the Prose of Flesh?

pp 141-166

Part Three - Lev Shestov

pp 167-168

9 - Lev Shestov on Chekhov

pp 169-174

10 - Between Tragedy and Aesthetics: Shestov's Reading of Chekhov – a Gaze Directed Within

pp 175-198

11 - Shestov–Chekhov, Chekhov–Shestov

pp 199-218

12 - Philosophy's Enemies: Chekhov and Shestov

pp 219-246

Notes on Contributors

pp 247-252