Research Catalog

Title

Russian apocalypse : songs and tales about the coming of Christianity to Russia / Robert Mann.

Author

Mann, Robert

Publication

Lawrence, Kan. : Coronado Press, 1986.

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Description

[151] p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Christian literature, Russian > History and criticism
• Epic literature, Russian > History and criticism
• Folk literature, Russian > History and criticism
• Russian literature > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [151].

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The ancient tale about the conversion of Russia -- pt. 2. Elijah and the idol in Kiev -- pt. 3. St. Avraamii of Rostov -- pt. 4. Elijah and the nightingale -- pt. 5. The Belorussian tale about Elijah, the nightingale and Glutton -- pt. 6. Dobrynya and the dragon -- pt. 7. Alyosha the priest's son and Tugarin the dragon -- pt. 8. "The seven Russian warriors" -- pt. 9. Elijah and the idol in Constantinople -- pt. 10. "The song of Prince Igor" -- pt. 11. The "Ioakim chronicle" account of the conversion of Novgorod -- pt. 12. The "Trinity chronicle" legend about Alyosha the priest's son -- pt. 13. St. George and the evil Emperor Diocletian -- Appendix A. The "Bylina" about Elijah, nightingale and Glutton -- Appendix B. An eighteenth-century tale about Elijah, nightingale and the huge idol -- Appendix C. St. George and the dragon.

ISBN

0872911721

OCLC

18697189

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library