Firefly in a box : an anthology of Soviet kid lit / translated and edited by Anna Krushelnitskaya and Dmitri Manin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krushelnitskaya, Anna, 1975-

Manin, Dmitri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's poetry, Russian--Translations into English.

Children's poetry, Russian.

Children's stories, Russian--Translations into English.

Children's stories, Russian.

Russian poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Russian poetry.

Russian fiction--20th century--Translations into English.

Russian fiction.

Children's literature, Russian--History and criticism.

Children's literature, Russian.

Genre:

poetry.

short stories.

Poetry.

Short stories.

Essays.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2025].

Summary:

"In Firefly in a Box: An Anthology of Soviet Kid Lit, translators Anna Krushelnitskaya and Dmitri Manin present a hybrid scholarly and literary volume of popular Russian-language Soviet children's texts alongside essays that outline the significance and meanings behind these popular texts. The selection features both poetry and short prose, all of which are instantly recognizable to a Soviet native, and all of which hold cultural currency, potency, and valence similar to popular children's literature in the United States, such as Green Eggs and Ham, Curious George, or Make Way for Ducklings. These texts have either never been translated into English before or appear in all-new translations, literary rather than literal; the featured original Soviet illustrations are reprinted for the English-reading market for the first time. Alongside the translations themselves is a scholarly component that guides Anglophone readers to experience mainstays of Soviet children's writing. Essayists investigate literary material and perspectives using a broad range of approaches and methodologies applied to Soviet children's literature. Topics include the Soviet literary canon, the beginning and evolution of Soviet children's literature in the 1920s and 1930s, interactions between literary texts for children and folklore, and the interplay between Soviet and British children's poetry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PART I: Poetry

Zinaida Aleksandrova: My Teddy Bear (1940)

Agniya Barto: Molly Made of Rubber (1930), Me and Tamara (1933), Chatterbox (1934), Toys (1936), Lovely Lyuba (1945)

Valentin Berestov: Hide-and-Seek (1963), Sit-and-Read (1963), At Play (1966), Roosters (1966), Sick Doll (1966), Black Ice (1969), Sparrows (1971)

Yelena Blaginina: Let’s Sit Still (1940)

Kornei Chukovsky: Gottascrub (1923), Squiggly Wiggly (1923), Zizzy Lizzy the Fly (1924), The Wondertree (1924), Old Theodora’s Trouble and Horror (1926)

Daniil Kharms: Liar (1930), What Was That? (1940)

Samuil Marshak: The Tale of a Silly Mousie (1923), Who Is Who in a Zoo (1923), Scatterbrain (1930), Where the Sparrow Had Lunch (1934)

Vladimir Mayakovsky: What Is Good and What Is Bad (1925),What to Be? (1929)

Sergei Mikhalkov: Mimosa (1935), What’s New with You (1935)

PART II: Prose

Arkadii Gaidar: Tale of a Great Military Secret and a Brave Boy Whose Word Was Firm (1933)

Viktor Dragunsky: What I Love (1960), . . . And What I Hate! (1960), All Secrets Come to Light (1961), He’s Alive and He Glows (1964)

Valentin Katayev: The Seven-Petal Flower (1940), The Pipe and the Jug (1940)

L. Panteleev: Honest Word (1941)

PART III: Practitioners’ Notes on Translating Soviet Children’s Literature

Kid Lit Not Split by a Colon / Anna Krushelnitskaya

“I Am Running, Running, Running, and I Cannot, Cannot Stop!”: Meter in Translation / Dmitri Manin

PART IV: Scholarly Essays

To Keep and to Expand: The Canon of Soviet Children’s Literature in Contemporary Publishing in Russia / Svetlana Maslinskaya

In the Interlude: The Search for Form and Method in Early Soviet Children’s Poetry / Serguei Alex.Oushakine

Agniia Barto’s Fun Rhymes: Lost Toys, Torn Paws, and Emotional Maturation / Marina Balina

People’s Stories for the Kids: Folklore in Soviet Children’s Literature / Sibelan Forrester

Baa-baa People’s Sheep: On the Adventures of English Children’s Poetry in Soviet Literature / Ainsley Morse and Dmitri Manin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.

ISBN:

1496856570

9781496856579

1496856589

9781496856586

OCLC:

1463662906

Publisher Number:

90102108365