He, like Nadson, believes that good will triumph in the end, and is not in the least a pessimist.
Quite the reverse are Nikolai Maximovitch Vilenkin (who is better known by his pseudonym of "Minsky" from his native government), and Dmitry Sergyeevitch Merezhkovsky (1865) who, as a poet, is generally bombastic.
His novels are better.
There are many other good, though not great, contemporary writers in Russia, including several women.

But they hardly come within the scope of this work (which does not aim at being encyclopedic), as neither their work nor their fame is likely to make its way to foreign readers who are unacquainted with the Russian language.

For those who do read Russian there are several good handbooks of contemporary literature which will furnish all necessary information.
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 1.

How was Russia influenced by the romantic movement in western Europe?
2.

Describe the character of the romances of the first period of the fifties.
3.