Josef Dobrovský and the Origins of the Igorʹ Tale

by Edward L. Keenan

This controversial and groundbreaking book revisits the origins of one of the most beloved works of East Slavic literature, the Slovo o polku Igoreve (The Igorʹ Tale). Edward Keenan delves into the history of the publication of the Tale and produces a meticulous analysis of its language in order to demonstrate that the text is not an authentic twelfth-century document. Rather, Keenan argues that it is a product of the late...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916458962
• ISBN13: 9780916458966
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"