Long, Long Tales from the Russian North
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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Long, Long Tales From The Russian North ISBN13: 9781617037306 ISBN10: 1617037303 Author: Haney, Jack V. (Editor) Description: A Collection Of Remarkable Folk Narratives Notable For Their Depth And Complexity This Volume Of Folktales From The Far North Of European Russia Features Seventeen Works By Five Narrators Of The Russian Tale, All Recorded In The Twentieth Century The Tales, Distinguished By Their Extraordinary Length And By The Manner In Which They Were Commonly Told, Appear To Have Flourished Only In The Twentieth Century And Only In Russian Karelia Although The Tales Are Easily Recognized As Wondertales, Or Fairy Tales, Their Treatment Of The Traditional Matter Is Anything But Usual In These Tales One Encounters Such Topics As Regicide, Matricide, Patricide, Fratricide, Premarital Relations Between The Sexes, And More, All Related In The Typical Manner Of The Russian Folktale The Narrators Were Not Educated Beyond A Rudimentary Level All Were Middle-Aged Or Older, And All Were Men Crew Members Of A Fishing Or Hunting Vessel Plying The White Sea Or Lumberjacks Or Trappers In The Vast Northern Forests, They Frequently Began The Narration Of A Tale In An Evening, Then Broke Off At An Appropriate Moment And Continued At A Subsequent Gathering Such Tales Were Thus Told Serially Given Their Length, Their Thematic And Narrative Complexity, And Their Stylistic Proficiency, One Might Even Refer To Them As Orally Delivered Russian Short Stories Or Novellas Jack V Haney, Seattle, Washington, Is A Retired Professor Of Slavic Languages And Literatures, University Of Washington Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI Publication Date: 2013-03-19 Weight: 1.43 lbs Dimensions: 0.88'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 301 Language: English
