ABSTRACT

An extensive introduction provides basic information about Russian epics, their historical background, their poetics, the history of their collection, their performance context, and their main interpretations. In addition, their is a short introduction to each song, explaining its plot, allusions, and interpretations. A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume.

part I|21 pages

Epics About the Oldest Heroes

chapter 1|9 pages

Volkh Vseslavyevich

chapter 2|10 pages

Svyatogor

chapter II|267 pages

Kievan Cycle

chapter |55 pages

Epics About Ilya Muromets

chapter 3|12 pages

Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber

chapter 4|12 pages

Ilya Muromets and Falconer

chapter 5|20 pages

Ilya Muromets and Kalin Tsar

chapter |40 pages

Epics About Dobrynya

chapter 7|17 pages

Dobrynya and the Dragon

chapter 8|8 pages

Dobrynya and Marinka

chapter 9|13 pages

Dobrynya Nikitich and Vasily Kazimirovich

chapter |25 pages

Epics About Alyosha Popovich

chapter 11|14 pages

Dobrynya and Alyosha Popovich

chapter |145 pages

Epics About Other Kievan Heroes

chapter 12|30 pages

Mikhailo Potyk

chapter 13|11 pages

Ivan Godinovich

chapter 14|13 pages

Dunai

chapter 15|13 pages

Solovei Budimirovich

chapter 16|11 pages

Vasily Ignatyev

chapter 17|28 pages

Churila Plyonkovich

chapter 18|11 pages

Dyuk Stepanovich

chapter 19|15 pages

Stavr Godinovich

chapter 20|11 pages

Khoten Bludovich

part III|38 pages

Novgorod Cycle

chapter 21|14 pages

Sadko

chapter 22|12 pages

Vasily Buslayev

chapter 23|10 pages

Vasily Buslayev Travels to Jerusalem

part IV|25 pages

Epics With Biblical Or Religious Subjects

chapter 24|10 pages

Tsar Solomon and Vasily Okulovich

chapter 25|13 pages

Forty Pilgrims and One

part V|17 pages

Historical Songs of the Sixteenth Century

chapter 26|8 pages

Ivan the Terrible and His Sons

chapter 27|7 pages

Kostryuk

part VI|14 pages

Skomoroshina

chapter 28|4 pages

Agafonushka

chapter 29|8 pages

About the Merchant Terenty

part VII|10 pages

Ballad

chapter 7 30|8 pages

The Mother of Prince Mikhailo Kills His Wife