Сквозь призму маркем: Н. В. Гоголь в ближайшем контексте русской литературы

the article answers the following questions: which part of the XIXth century do N.V. Gogol's literary works belong to; to what degree does the writer «concur with his epoch», how close are Gogol and his contemporary writers; how close to N. V. Gogol are the writers belonging to the previous and the following epochs; how close to N. V. Gogol are authors of XVIII early XX centuries?