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Definition of Gogol

1. Noun. Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852).

Definition of Gogol

1. Proper noun. A Russian and Ukrainian surname. ¹

2. Noun. (misspelling of googol) ¹

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Literary usage of Gogol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of Russian Literature by I. K. Shakhnovskiĭ (1921)
"Gogol. From the year 1830 the novel and the romance assume ever increasing ... About this time there came upon the scene Gogol, who took the first place in ..."

2. Impressions of Russia by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1889)
"WITH Gogol a new inspiration came to Europe from Russia. ... Gogol possessed an extraordinarily artistic talent, which two or three times rose to genius, ..."

3. Russian Short Stories, Ed. for School Use by Harry Christian Schweikert (1919)
"Gogol wrote one successful play, Revisor (The Inspector- General). ... Gogol is classed among the humorists of Russia, but his humor is of the grotesque ..."

4. Russia: Its People and Its Literature by Emilia Pardo Bazán, condesa de Emilia Pardo-Bazán, Fanny Hale Gardiner (1890)
"Alas ! and among these dark shadows we discern one especially sad; it is that of Nicholas Gogol, a soul crushed by its own greatness, a victim to the ..."

5. Russian Literature by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (1905)
"WITH Gogol begins a new period of Russian literature, which is called by ... Gogol was not a'Great Russian. He was born in 1809, in a Little Russian or ..."

6. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1906)
"NIKOLAI Gogol. MODERN Russian realism is traced to Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol (-). Born in the government of Poltava, his grandfather had been one of those ..."

7. The Schoolmaster in Comedy and Satire by Hubert Marshall Skinner (1894)
"NIKOLAI VASSILIEVITCH Gogol THE FATHER OF RUSSIAN NOVELISTS AMONG the most noted ... Gogol learned caution. His future criticisms must be veiled under forms ..."

8. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Well, if such is the case, call the girls and let us have some breakfast." AN INVOLUNTARY IMPOSTOR. BY NIKOLAI V. Gogol. (From " The Inspector General" ..."

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