Dead Souls. Gogol N.V.

“All Rus' will appear in him,” Gogol said about his future novel “Dead Souls”, later called by him a poem.

"presented" by Pushkin, the plot gave the basis for the adventurous-Plutovsky novel, but the traditional genre could not accommodate the whole wealth of the Gogol intent.

The definition of a prosaic work as a poem is not by chance-the image of Rus' created by the writer, a three bird created by the writer. “Rus', where are you rushing? Give an answer. Does not give an answer... "