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Alexander Pushkin (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Generally considered the greatest poet in the Russian language, Alexander Pushkin is known not only for his lyrical and narrative poems but also for his brilliant verse novel Evgeny Onegin (1825-1832, 1833; Eugene Onegin, 1881), as well as his play Boris Godunov (1831; English translation, 1918), which was the inspiration for the opera by Modest Mussorgsky.
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Often termed the father of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin occupies a unique position in Russian literary history. During his age, the language...
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