Lances Sing

Robert Mann

Slavica Publishers, 1990 - Literary Criticism - 231 pages

Contents

• The Oral Epic Cycle About the Conversion of Rus: 7
• The Conversion Cycle and the Slovo: 27
• Wedding Imagery in the Slovo: 38
• Other Folkloric Parallels: 73
• Other Formulas and Formulaic Motif Sequences: 103
• Literary Influences: 110
• The Slovo and the Zadonshchina: 126
• Oral Tale or Stylization?: 136
• Oral Formulas Probability and the Authenticity: 143
• Old Russian Text of the Slovo: 150
• Textual Notes: 169
• Notes: 180
• Selected Bibliography: 224

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lances Sing
• Author: Robert Mann
• Publisher: Slavica Publishers, 1990
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jul 7, 2009
• ISBN: 089357208X, 9780893572082
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Russian & Soviet