МИФЫ О СМЕРТИ Н. В. ГОГОЛЯ: ИСТОЧНИКИ, СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ, ПОЭТИКА
Journal: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПОЭТИКИ
Year: 2020

The article follows up the origin of the myth of the funeral of Gogol in the state of lethargy. The ideological roots of this myth, which still obscures the real history of the last days of Gogol’s life and the very content of his spiritual heritage, are studied. A wide range of problems related to the practice of professional treatment in the first half of the 19th century, including the phenomenon of mercantilism and lack of professionalism of some physicians of that time, the problem of frequ