Marcia A. Morris

Russian Tales of Demonic Possession

Translations of Savva Grudtsyn and Solomonia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Russian Tales of Demonic Possession: Translations of Savva Grudtsyn and Solomonia provides detailed introductions and full translation of the seventeenth-century Tale of Savva Grudtsyn and Tale of the Demoniac Solomonia as well as of Aleksey Remizov’s modernist re-workings of the two tales, The Demoniacs. These works provide insight into Russian culture in the seventeenth century and how beliefs changed over time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780739188606
• ISBN-10: 0739188607
• Artikelnr.: 40544230

Autorenporträt

Marcia A. Morris is professor of Slavic languages at Georgetown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents A Note on Texts, Translation, and Transliteration Acknowledgements
Introduction: Russia Bedeviled The Tale of Savva Grudtsyn The Tale of the
Demoniac Solomonia Aleksey Remizov's Demoniacs: Savva Grudtsyn Aleksey
Remizov's Demoniacs: Solomonia Appendix I Aleksey Remizov's Demoniacs: "A
History of Entwined Tales" Appendix II Aleksey Remizov's Demoniacs:
Commentary Sources Cited