Download or read book Nikolai Gogol written by Edyta M. Bojanowska and published by . This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th-century author Nikolai Gogol occupies a key place in the Russian cultural pantheon as an ardent champion of Russian nationalism. In exploring Gogol's fluctuating nationalist commitments, Bojanowska traces the connections between the Russian and Ukrainian nationalist paradigms in his work and situates both in the larger imperial context.