Gogol’s Vestmental Term “Shinel (The Overcoat)” as “Daguerreotype” of Mediocrity
In the first half of the 19th century, the theme of ‘a small’ man, an ordinary and inconspicuous person, appeared in the literature. Different writers described the daily unremarkable life of mediocre people in detail. Such writers as Anton Chekhov, Alexander Kuprin, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Fy...
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| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
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| Series: | SHS Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185001125 |