Маргарита Вадимовна Черкашина, кандидат филологических наук
119571, г. Москва, проспект Вернадского, д. 82
Margarita V. Cherkashina, Candidate of Philology
82 Vernadsky Av., Moscow, 119571
Вышедший в прошлом году восьмой том нового полного собрания сочинений и писем Н. Гоголя содержит второй том «Мертвых душ». Как принято в современных академических изданиях, текст дан аутентично, без конъектур, а справочный аппарат обладает подробным оглавлением. Основная же интрига в том, что современные гоголеведы пересматривают источник основного текста.
The 8th volume of the new 23-volume complete works and correspondence of N. Gogol contains both sets of the surviving chapters of the second part of Dead Souls. In contrast to the previous scholarly edition (1935-1952), the team of Gogol scholars of the Institute of World Literature of the RAS, headed by Y. Mann, revised the approach to the source of the main text in favour of the so called ‘under text’ of the manuscript, known since 1849from its reading by the author to his friends; compared with the‘overwriting,’ it appears more comprehensive, artistically complete, and stylistically consistent. It is the first such publication that reduces conjectures to a minimum, in keeping with contemporary principles of scholarly publications. The book’s indisputable value lies in its extensive reference section, which features a detailed table of contents to ease navigation of the references, as well as a chapter on the Divine Comedy as an alleged prototype of Dead Souls.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.