Josef Dobrovský and the origins of the Igor' tale / Edward L. Keenan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keenan, Edward L., 1935-2015.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

Harvard series in Ukrainian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slovo o polku Igoreve--Authorship.

Slovo o polku Igoreve.

Dobrovský, Josef, 1753-1829.

Dobrovský, Josef.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, [2003]

Summary:

This controversial and groundbreaking book revisits the origins of one of the most beloved works of East Slavic literature, the "Slovo o polku Igoreve" ("the Igor' Tale"). Keenan delves into the history of the publication of the Tale and produces a meticulous analysis of its language in order to demonstrate that the text is not an authentic twelfth-century document. Rather, Keenan argues that it is a product of the late eighteenth century, created by the Bohemian scholar Josef Dobrovsky'. Keenan's thought-provoking insights into the creation and publication of the Tale will spark scholarly debate for many years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-529) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0916458962

OCLC:

53315388