Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.
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Nikolai Gogol
2004, Chelsea House Publishers
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in English
1438116276 9781438116273
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Table of Contents
Biography of Nikolai Gogol
Plot summary of "The portrait"
List of characters in "The portrait"
Critical views on "The portrait. Leonard J. Kent on ambivalence and unreality ; Donald Fanger on the artist's fate ; Robert Louis Jackson on reality ; Derek Maus on the demonic element
Plot summary of "Nevsky prospect"
List of characters in "Nevsky prospect"
Critical views on "Nevsky prospect." Leonard J. Kent on doubling ; Jesse Zeldin on the interplay of relationships ; Vasily Gippius on fullness ; Richard A. Peace on themes ; Gavriel Shapiro on expectations
Plot summary of "The nose"
List of characters in "The nose"
Critical views on "The nose." Ivan Yermakov on internal logic and the dream ; Jesse Zeldin on materialism ; Ann Shukman on interpretation ; Gary Saul Morson on causation and allegory ; David McDuff on vanity
Plot summary of "The overcoat"
List of characters in "The overcoat"
Critical views on "The overcoat." Henri Troyat on realism and supernaturalism ; Boris Eichenbaum on inverse importance ; Dmitry Chizhevsky on diction and the inanimate object ; Simon Karlinsky on alienation and love ; Jesse Zeldin on innocence and corruption
Plot summary of "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt"
List of characters in "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt"
Critical views on "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his aunt." Leonard J. Kent on the fear of women ; James B. Woodward on the dream as assault ; Michael R. Katz on the real and surreal ; Daniel Rancour-Laferriere on psychoanalysis and the dream.
Edition Notes
"Works by Nikolai Gogol": p. 90-91.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-94) and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York: Infobase Pub., 2012. Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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