Anthology of Russian Folk Epics

This anthology presents translations of 30 songs recorded from a living epic tradition over the past two hundred years. The authors have captured the distinctive poetic language of Russian oral epics...

This is a thorough and well documented study, examining the theology and anthropology of the Serbian Folk Epic. The book opens a new field in Slavic folklore and offers scholars material heretofore...

V. Ja. Propp's essay in this volume extends beyond the formulaic analysis of folklore outlined in his classic The Morphology of the Folktale. In this study, newly translated by Robert Reeder, Propp...

This book is a collection of traditional Russian folk-songs, each accompanied by sheet music for the pianoforte. The songs are presented in their original Russian text, with English translations...