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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol' (1809-1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian ethnicity and birth. Often called the "father of modern Russian realism, " He was one of the first Russian authors to criticize his country's way of life. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature. Gogol was one of the first masters of short prose, alongside Pushkin, Mérimée, Hoffmann, and Hawthorne. The main and most persistent characteristic of Gogol's style is its verbal expressiveness. He wrote with a view not so much to the acoustic effect on the ears of the listener as to the sensuous effect on the vocal apparatus of the reciter. The other main characteristic of his genius is the extraordinary intensity and vividness of impressionist vision, sometimes skirting expressionism. The Dead Souls (1842), The Inspector-General and The Overcoat (1842) are among his masterpieces.
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Nikolai Gogol was a Russian novelist and playwright born in what is now considered part of the modern Ukraine. By the time he was 15, Gogol worked as an amateur writer for both Russian and Ukrainian scripts, and then turned his attention and talent to prose. His short-story collections were immediately successful and his first novel, The Government Inspector, was well-received. Gogol went on to publish numerous acclaimed works, including Dead Souls, The Portrait, Marriage, and a revision of Taras Bulba. He died in 1852 while working on the second part of Dead Souls.
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The emperor daigned to attend the premiere with the heir apparent: he was extremely pleased, and laughed heartily. The play is very entertaining, but an intolerable insult to the nobility, the civil service and the merchantry. --Khrapovitsky's diary, 1836
Everybody got his and me first of all! --Tsar Nicholas I (allegedly), 1836
The audience, struck by the novelty, laughed enormously, but I expected a better reception.... One of my friends explained the reason jokingly. Says he, `How can you expect them to give a better reception to this play, since half the audience is made up of those who are `getting it', and the other half those who are `giving it'. --Mikhail Shchepkin, 1838
Everybody got his and me first of all! --Tsar Nicholas I (allegedly), 1836
The audience, struck by the novelty, laughed enormously, but I expected a better reception.... One of my friends explained the reason jokingly. Says he, `How can you expect them to give a better reception to this play, since half the audience is made up of those who are `getting it', and the other half those who are `giving it'. --Mikhail Shchepkin, 1838
Everybody got his and me first of all! --Tsar Nicholas I (allegedly), 1836
The audience, struck by the novelty, laughed enormously, but I expected a better reception.... One of my friends explained the reason jokingly. Says he, `How can you expect them to give a better reception to this play, since half the audience is made up of those who are `getting it', and the other half those who are `giving it'. --Mikhail Shchepkin, 1838
Everybody got his and me first of all! --Tsar Nicholas I (allegedly), 1836
The audience, struck by the novelty, laughed enormously, but I expected a better reception.... One of my friends explained the reason jokingly. Says he, `How can you expect them to give a better reception to this play, since half the audience is made up of those who are `getting it', and the other half those who are `giving it'. --Mikhail Shchepkin, 1838
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- PublisherDodo Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1406588806
- ISBN 13 9781406588804
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages92
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