Distant Freedom : Essay on Chekhov

Name: Distant Freedom : Essay on Chekhov
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Distant FreedomEssay on Chekhov\nAuthor(s): Jacques Ranciere, Steven Corcoran\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509567348, 978-1509567348\nSynopsis\nChekhov's fiction offers a subtle yet powerful message: another life is possible. Something can always happen to our lives a possibility that breaks the monotony of servitude and points to a different, more liberated existence. This is the way to approach all these brief tales of lost lives, nights filled with tears and joy, landscapes, or love, against the cynicism of those who believe that time is destined to replicate the same. In these glimmers, new forms of life arise noble and sensible shapes that we occasionally perceive and may strive to unfold if we have the courage to do so.\n\nJacques Rancire, using Chekhov's stories as a lens, sees literature not as a source of knowledge but as a catalyst for reshaping the fabric of being. He illuminates the profound c.