"Pavlov's 'Demon' and Gogol's Overcoat'," in Slavic Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, June, 1974, pp. 288-301.
Below, Shepard postulates that "The Demon" by N. F. Pavlov inspired "The Overcoat" and that in some ways Gogol's story is a response to Pavlov's.
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