Collected works. Vol. II: Short stories; Theatre

by N.W. Gogol

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Zeven novellen en drie toneelstukken.

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De klassieke novellen De Neus, de Mantel, en het toneelstuk De Revisor.
Zeer vlotte schrijfttrant met bijna voortdurende ironisch-sarcastische ondertoon, sterk surrealistisch geladen, duidelijk voorbode van Kafka
Wereldbeeld: de mens is slecht, hij beloert de ander voortdurend en schermt zijn zwakheid af met grootdoenerij. Ook het lot treft voortdurend de arme man.
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Zeven novellen en drie toneelstukken van Gogol: De Nevski Prospekt, Dagboek van een krankzinnige, De neus, Het portret, De mantel, De kales, Rome en De revisor, Het huwelijk, De gokkers. De bundel bevat een belangrijk deel van het satirische en tragische werk van Gogol, waarin de Russische werkelijkheid met zijn kleine ambtenaren en landeigenaren in een komisch licht wordt geplaatst. De geborneerdheid, naiviteit en leugenachtigheid van de samenleving, maar vooral de macht van het kwade krijgen hierbij een bijzonder accent. Verschillende verhalen zijn ook elders verschenen, o.m. in de vertalingen van Aleida Schott. Verzorgde uitgave (gebonden, dundruk, kleine letter) in de bekende Russische Bibliotheek van Van Oorschot.

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Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol was born in 1809 in the Ukraine. His father was an amateur playwright who had a small estate with a number of serfs. From the ages of 12 to 19, young Gogol attended a boarding school where he became known for his sharp wit and ability to amuse his classmates. After school he worked as a government clerk. He soon began show more writing memories of his childhood. His quaint depictions of the Ukrainian countryside marked his style and helped to make him famous. Gogol quickly gained fame and formed a friendship with the influential poet, Aleksandr Pushkin. Gogol is largely remembered for his realistic characterizations, his rich imagination, and his humorous style. His works include Mirgorod, a collection of short stories including Taras Bulba. Gogol's wit is evident in his short story, The Nose, where a man's nose wanders off around town in a carriage. Gogol's masterpiece is the novel Dead Souls. In this work, a swindler plots to buy from landowners their dead serfs. Towards the end of Gogol's life, his creative powers faded and he fled to Moscow. Here, he came under the power of a fanatical priest. Ten days before his death he burned some manuscripts of the second part of Dead Souls. He died of starvation in 1852, on the cusp of madness. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Salden, Helmut (Typographer)
Timmer, Charles B. (Translator)

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Collected works. Vol. II: Short stories; Theatre

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