Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94) and index.
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Presents plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,1809-1852-- Criticism and interpretation.