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The Complete Russian Folktale: V. 6: Russian Tales of Love and Life

The Complete Russian Folktale: V. 6: Russian Tales of Love and Life

Haney, Jack V.

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Series: Complete Russian Folktale (Hardcover), Book 6

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ISBN10: 1563244950
ISBN13: 9781563244957
Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc
Published: Jul 15 2006
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.31 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.22
Language: English
The Complete Russian Folktale makes available to English readers a rich folk tradition that has not been easily accessible or well known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Russian version of the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales will appear here in translation for the first time. Volume 6 presents tales classified 850-999, which describe the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. They portray acts of fate, prophecy, and even divine justice, in a village context of social misery, folk tradition, the aggravations of family life, and the heartaches of the lovelorn. J.V. Haney's extensive introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.

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