The Proud Maiden, Tungak, and the Sun: A Russian Eskimo Tale,

by Mirra Ginsburg

Book Overview

M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0013NY4H8
• ISBN13: 9780027362602
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 31 Pages