内容简介
NikolaiGogolwasoneofthegreatgeniusesofnineteenthcenturyRussianliterature,withacommandoftheirrationalunmatchedbyanywriterbeforeorsince.Hisstrangetales,thoughoftenreadasforcefuldemandsforsocialchange,weredisplaysofthefantasiesofthehumanspirit.Inthisidealmarriageofsubjectandcritic,Nabokovanalyseshisendlesslyinventivecompatriot,focusingonthemasterpieces"DeadSouls","TheOvercoat"and"TheGovernmentInspector".Misunderstoodbyhiscontemporaries,mishandledbytheatredirectorsandendinghislifemistreatedbydoctors-withmedicinalleecheshangingfromhisexceptionalnose-ittookNabokovtogiveGogol,'theoddestRussianinRussia',thecriticalbiographyheandhissingular,brilliantworkdeserve.
作者简介
VladimirNabokov(1899-1977)wasborninStPetersburg.HewrotehisfirstliteraryworksinRussian,butrosetointernationalprominenceasamasterlyprosestylistforthenovelshecomposedinEnglish,mostfamously,Lolita.Between1923and1940hepublishednovels,shortstories,plays,poemsandtranslationsintheRussianlanguageandestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostoutstandingRussianemigrewriters.