Gogol: Nevsky Prospect

by Nikolai Gogol, D.M. Pursglove (Editor)

Overview

The theatrical genius of Nikolay Gogol has gone largely unappreciated by English-speaking audiences because pedantically literal translations have left his plays virtually unperformable. These fresh translations restore the vitality of Gogol's language and humor, finally allowing his dramatic art to speak directly to Western readers, directors, actors, and theater-goers. This volume contains The Government Inspector and Marriage - Gogol's greatest full-length plays, comedic cornerstones of the Russian theatrical repertoire - and a one-act satire, The Gamblers. Also included are writings on theater from Gogol's notebooks and correspondences

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853993480
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	Russian Texts
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) won fame as a short story writer, and in 1836, his satirical comedy The Government Inspector created such a furore that Gogol left Russia to settle in Rome, in self-imposed exile. Religious mania in his later years contributed to his early death in Moscow.