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Chekhov's Doctors: A Collection of Chekhov's Medical Tales (Literature and Medicine)
Jack Coulehan
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Description for Chekhov's Doctors: A Collection of Chekhov's Medical Tales (Literature and Medicine)
Paperback. In his brief life, Chekhov was a doctor, essayist, dramatist and a humanitarian. He saw no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. This collection of stories presents powerful portraits of doctors in their everyday lives, struggling with their own personal problems. Editor(s): Coulehan, Jack. Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
In his brief but distinguished life, Anton Chekhov was a doctor, a documentary essayist, an admired dramatist, and a humanitarian. He remains a nineteenth-century Russian literary giant whose prose continues to offer moral insight and to resonate with readers across the world. Chekhov experienced no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. He believed that knowledge of one complemented the other. Chekhov brought medical knowledge and sensitivity to his creative writinghe had an intimate knowledge of the world of medicine and the skills of doctoring, and he utilized this information in his approach to his characters. His sensibility ... Read more
In his brief but distinguished life, Anton Chekhov was a doctor, a documentary essayist, an admired dramatist, and a humanitarian. He remains a nineteenth-century Russian literary giant whose prose continues to offer moral insight and to resonate with readers across the world. Chekhov experienced no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. He believed that knowledge of one complemented the other. Chekhov brought medical knowledge and sensitivity to his creative writinghe had an intimate knowledge of the world of medicine and the skills of doctoring, and he utilized this information in his approach to his characters. His sensibility ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Literature and Medicine Series
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873387804
SKU
V9780873387804
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About Jack Coulehan
Jack Coulehan is professor of preventive medicine at SUNY in Stony Brook, New York. He also serves as the division chief for Medicine in Society and director of the Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society.
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