Dachnyi muzh

[Yuri F Corrigan (ycorriga@Princeton.EDU)]

He might also be referring to the story "Odin iz mnogih" (1887) which was later turned into the one-act, "Tragik ponevole".

Yuri Corrigan
Princeton University

----- Original Message -----
From: Inna Caron <caron.4 at OSU.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:07 pm
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dachnyi muzh
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU

> I believe the reference is to Chekhov's one-act joke, titled "Tragik
> ponevole (iz dachnoi jizni)" (An Involuntary Tragedian (From the 
> Life of
> Vacationers) in Senelick's translation). There is an infamous line
> there: "Ty - muj, a slovo 'muj' v perevode na dachnyi iazyk znachit
> besslovestnoe jivotnoe, na kotorom mozhno ezdit' i vozit' kladi 
> skol'kougodno, ne boias' vmeshatel'stva obshchestva pokrovitel'stva
> zhivotnykh." 
> 
> Inna Caron
> The Ohio State University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Katz, Michael
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:48 PM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Dachnyi muzh
> 
> Dear colleagues:
> 
> I am working on an annotated translation of Dachnyi muzh by Ivan
> Shcheglov
> (pseudonym of I.L. Leontiev). I have come upon a reference to a 
> story by
> Chekhov with the same title, but can't seem to locate it (having
> searched
> his PSS).
> 
> Can anyone help me locate it?
> 
> Michael Katz
> Middlebury College
> 
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