Dead Souls

"Backgrounds" contains not only Gogol's correspondence relevant to the novel but also the four formal letters that set forth his views on the work.

The editor has also included a useful chronology of Gogol's life and an invaluable table of ranks in czarist Russia.

A wide range of criticism includes Robert Maguire's general overview of Gogol's criticism; two nineteenth-century Russian appraisals; Donald Fanger's brilliant essay; and a broad spectrum of twentieth-century Russian critical opinion.

It features, as well, essays by Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson.

The Russian essays have been translated specially for this Norton Critical Edition.

A Selected Bibliography directs readers to resources for further study.

„Fundaluri” contine nu numai corespondenta lui Gogol relevanta pentru roman, ci si cele patru scrisori formale care isi expun punctele de vedere asupra operei. Editorul a inclus, de asemenea, o cronologie utila a vietii lui Gogol si un tabel nepretuit de ranguri in Rusia tarista. gama de critici include prezentarea generala a lui Robert Maguire asupra criticilor lui Gogol; doua aprecieri rusesti din secolul al XIX-lea; Eseul stralucit al lui Donald Fanger; si un spectru larg de opinii critice rusesti din secolul al XX-lea. Contine, de asemenea, eseuri de Vladimir Nabokov si Edmund Wilson. Eseurile rusesti au fost traduse special pentru aceasta editie critica Norton. O bibliografie selectata indreapta cititorii catre resurse pentru studii ulterioare.