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Maxim Gorky; Russian dramatist.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Maxim Gorky; Russian dramatist.

Marsh, Cynthia.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2006

382 pages

$71.95

Paperback

PG3465

Posing questions about "the father of social realism" that Soviet critics were afraid to confront, Marsh (Russian and drama, U. of Nottingham, UK) examines the effects of exile and religion on Gorky's plays and considers whether his body of work has unifying themes and styles. She views his post-revolutionary plays as a development of earlier work, suggesting that the plays are, in fact, less about social realism and ...

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