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020			_a9781846143304
082			_a891.733 _bNAB
100			_aNabokov, Vladimir
245			_aNikolai Gogol
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2011 _aLondon :
300			_a144 p. ; _c20 cm.
365			_b699.00 _cINR _d00
490			_aPenguin modern classics
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aNikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on the masterpieces Dead Souls, The Overcoat and The Government Inspector. Misunderstood by his contemporaries, mishandled by theatre directors and ending his life mistreated by doctors - with medicinal leeches hanging from his exceptional nose - it took Nabokov to give Gogol, 'the oddest Russian in Russia', the critical biography he and his singular, brilliant work deserve.
650			_aCriticism and interpretation
650			_aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852
650			_aBiography
650			_aPresentation inscriptions
650			_aModern classics
650			_aDead souls
650			_aEccentricities
650			_aThe Government Inspector
650			_aHoly land
650			_aThe overcoat
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