In general when one writer says snotty things about another, it can simply mean, "I don't see anything here that I can use." As for this list, it is worth menti

In general when one writer says snotty things about another, it can simply mean, "I don't see anything here that I can use." As for this list, it is worth mentioning that Nabokov wrote a short book on Gogol, and gives him about 50 pages in the Lectures on Russian Literature.