Mysticism of "Night Light" by Gogol.
The article analyzes the Gogol's symbolism of the day, evening, and night light. On the basis of some of Gogol's texts (primarily those he wrote in the thirties of19th century) the author of the article draws a conclusion that Gogol had a preference to that kind of light which one would call the "night light". It is this particular type of light that obtains a special semantics in his texts. The idea is that the ontological aspect of the creativity act directly reveals itself in the poetics of creation, giving life to the phenomenon of "night light" which can be observed in the vast majority of his works.