It has been argued that Gogol's influences can be traced to Western sources. That the plot of the demonic Kunstlernovelle seems largely derivative of Western authors such as E. T. A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Robert Maturin or Washington Irving.[2] Author Eva Guðmundsdóttir compares Poe with Gogol and places them both in a category of the fantastic.[3] Washington Irving,[4] E. T. A. Hoffmann [5] and Charles Robert Maturin [6] are also credited with influencing Gogol. This places him in a wider literary tradition and connects him with the work being produced in the West.
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