An Anthology Of Russian Folk Epics; Editor: Bailey, James; Author: Translator Bailey, James; Hardback; Book

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An Anthology Of Russian Folk Epics

Editor: Bailey, James; Author: Translator Bailey, James
Folklores and Folk Cultures of Eastern Europe; Hardback; Book; Maps, Glossary, Bibliography
464 pages
Published: December 1998
M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0873326407

This anthology presents translations of thirty songs about Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya, Sadko, and other legendary characters of Russian folklore.An extensive introduction provides basic background about Russian epics, their poetics, the history of their collection, their performance context, and their main interpretations. In addition, there is a short introduction to each song, explaining its plot, allusions, and interpretations. A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume.This anthology presents translations of 30 songs recorded from a living epic tradition over the past two hundred years. The authors have captured the distinctive poetic language of Russian oral epics. All subgenres of the Russian epic are covered and previously untranslated variants included.

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