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Dostoevsky: A Man Of Mission, H. E. S. Woldring

Pro Rege

Dr. H. E. S. Woldring spoke at Dordt College in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Dostoevsky's death. Although the speech published here is substantially as delivered, the editors, with Dr. Woldring's permission, have edited it for the readers of Pro Rege.

Chekhov, The Doctor As Dramatist: A Study Of The Four Major Plays, Gloria Rhoads

Masters Theses

Studying the relationship of Chekhov's being a doctor to his being a dramatist reveals one reason for the scientific objectivity in his writing. Moreover, extensive reading of his letters and notes as well as careful readings of his plays leaves little doubt that he himself considered that his career as a doctor had a great impact on the plays he created.

Chekhov felt that a writer must not beautify reality or gloss over it but carefully present it as it is. He wrote that the writer must renounce subjectivity and report the grime of life along with the good; he …