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Russian magic at the British Library : books, manuscripts, scholars, travellers / W.F. Ryan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, W. F. (William Francis), author.
- Series:
- Panizzi lectures ; 2005.
- Panizzi lectures ; 2005
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russians--Folklore.
- Russians.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The British Library, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The work of W.R.S. Ralston, a Keeper of the British Museum Library in the mid- 19th century and authority on Russian magic and folklore is discussed in this latest addition to the Panizzi Lectures which also looks at travel literature and memoirs and examines both the merits and the problems of using this kind of material as a historical source for the study of popular belief.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- LECTURE I William Ralston: Russian Magic and Folklore in England
- LECTURE II Ivan the Terrible, the Stoglav,and Russian Magic
- LECTURE III Travellers' Tales and Russian Magic.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-7123-6388-2
- OCLC:
- 608022559
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