Morgan’s Reviews > Nikolai Gogol > Status Update

After a comparatively dull section on Dead Souls, we’re back to sparkling wit and a sense that the words are slipping too quickly.

Gems and stratagems in here.

“Gogol’s play is poetry in action, and by poetry I mean the mysteries of the irrational as perceived through rational words.“

“The old translations of “Dead Souls” into English are absolutely worthless and should be expelled from all public and university libraries.”