Chekhov on the Loneliness Epidemic

• In Event: Chekhov's "The Name Day Party"

Abstract

This paper reads “The Name Day Party” in light of the war between self and world that informs Chekhov’s understanding of human intimacy. Placing the story within a line of related variations on disastrous hospitality, the paper traces Chekhov’s search for a productive resolution to the standoff between host and guest, in response to the perceived loneliness epidemic of his time.

Author

• Yuri Corrigan, Boston U