The Russian Folktale by Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp
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Paperback. Translates and contextualizes Vladimir Propp's later work "The Russian Folktale." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Vladimir Propp is the Russian folklore specialist most widely known outside Russia thanks to the impact of his 1928 book Morphology of the Folktale—but Morphology is only the first of Propp’s contributions to scholarship. This volume translates into English for the first time his book The Russian Folktale, which was based on a seminar on Russian folktales that Propp taught at Leningrad State University late in his life. Edited and translated by Sibelan Forrester, this English edition contains Propp’s own text and is supplemented by notes from his students.
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Vladimir Propp is the Russian folklore specialist most widely known outside Russia thanks to the impact of his 1928 book Morphology of the Folktale—but Morphology is only the first of Propp’s contributions to scholarship. This volume translates into English for the first time his book The Russian Folktale, which was based on a seminar on Russian folktales that Propp taught at Leningrad State University late in his life. Edited and translated by Sibelan Forrester, this English edition contains Propp’s own text and is supplemented by notes from his students.
The Russian Folktale begins with Propp’s description of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814334669
SKU
V9780814334669
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About Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp
Sibelan Forrester is professor of Russian in the Department of Modern Languages at Swarthmore College, USA. She has published translations of prose and poetry from Croatian, Russian, and Serbian, including Irena Vrkljan’s The Silk, the Shears and Elena Ignatova’s The Diving Bell.
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