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Alexander Ostrovsky (Critical Survey of Drama)

Other Literary Forms

Alexander Ostrovsky’s only nondramatic writings are the semifictional “Zapiski zamoskvoretskogo zhitelya” (notes of a beyond-the-river resident) and occasional critical articles for various literary journals.

Achievements

Alexander Ostrovsky was the founder of the modern Russian theater. Though his predecessors Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol wrote several memorable plays,...

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