tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post6388528588376738241..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: From Dead SoulsKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-65044853634340291582008-09-15T12:53:00.000+01:002008-09-15T12:53:00.000+01:00Gogol is very much like a painter. He makes you se...Gogol is very much like a painter. He makes you see things. Nabokov warns against us relying entirely on his fiction to see Russia. Gogol calls it Rus, something i am familiar with.<BR/><BR/>Gogol's love for Rus is not based on paranoia or narcissism. it embraces all emotions. he recognizes madness easily in others. and yes, integrity as an artist is discernible in his works.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-14480205992147252472008-09-15T01:04:00.000+01:002008-09-15T01:04:00.000+01:00I agree the second one is definitely a self-portra...I agree the second one is definitely a self-portrait. It is ironical and sad that later he himself wanted to turn himself into the artist of the first kind that he talks of here (out of love for his country) but that would've meant compromising with his artistic integrity which he couldn't do. As a result he went mad.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.com