The government inspector / Nikolai Gogol ; an English version by Edward O. Marsh and Jeremy Brooks ; with commentary and notes by Nick and Non Worrall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852.

Contributor:

Marsh, Edward O.

Brooks, Jeremy.

Series:

Methuen student editions

Methuen student edition

Standardized Title:

Revizor. English

Language:

English

Russian

Physical Description:

117 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the Russian.

Summary:

Widely held to have led the realist revolution in Russian drama, Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) liberated comedy from a tradition of didacticism and sentimentality. The Government Inspector, his masterpiece, created such a furore when it was first performed in 1836 that Gogol was driven into exile. In this classic satire on human vanity, the corrupt, self-seeking officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government inspector. Through the wild inventiveness of Gogol's comic fantasy the play becomes a celebration of the grotesque and absurd elements in human nature and remains one of the great comedies of all time.

Contents:

Nikolai Gogol: 1809-52 v

Theatrical context xxi

Structure and style xxvii

Characters xxxii

Intentions and preoccupations xli

The play in production xlv

Notes by Gogol on Characters and Costumes 5.

ISBN:

0413773213

OCLC:

54033009