May Night, or the Drowned Maiden

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literary work romantic short story short story supernatural fiction

"May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" is a romantic and supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol, blending Ukrainian folklore with elements of fantasy and village life.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
romantic short story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
author Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionVolume first volume of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
featuresElement folk legends ⓘ
ghosts ⓘ
rural customs ⓘ
water spirits ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
folklore-based fiction ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ
village prose ⓘ
hasTheme family conflict ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
love ⓘ
social hierarchy ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ
tragic fate ⓘ
village life ⓘ
hasTone lyrical ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
influencedBy Ukrainian folklore ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 19th century Russian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Hanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levko's father ⓘ
the drowned maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor blend of Ukrainian folklore and fantasy ⓘ
depiction of Ukrainian village life ⓘ
early example of Gogol's romantic-fantastic style ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Ukrainian countryside ⓘ
Ukrainian village ⓘ

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka → containsStory → May Night, or the Drowned Maiden ⓘ
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov → notableWork → May Night, or the Drowned Maiden ⓘ
this entity surface form: May Night
Willard Metcalf → notableWork → May Night, or the Drowned Maiden ⓘ
this entity surface form: May Night