The Government Inspector (Drama Classics) - Softcover

Gogol, Nikolai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854591746 ISBN 13: 9781854591746

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 1997

Synopsis

The ever-topical satire of small-town corruption and cravenness.

About this title

About the Author:

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (31 March 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin.

Although Gogol was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in his work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of surrealism and the grotesque ("The Nose," "Viy," "The Overcoat," "Nevsky Prospekt"). His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture, and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire (The Government Inspector, Dead Souls). The novel Taras Bulba (1835) and the play Marriage (1842), along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman," "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich," "The Portrait," and "The Carriage," are also among his best-known works.

Stephen Mulrine is a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who has written extensively for radio and television, and published many translations.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1854591746
• ISBN 13: 9781854591746
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96