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Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales
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Hardback. Collection of twenty-nine fairy tales featuring Baba Yaga that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov, along with images that show how artists have imagined her for over more than two centuries. Translator(s): Forrester, Sibelan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 color illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1315.
Baba Yaga is an ambiguous and fascinating figure. She appears in traditional Russian folktales as a monstrous and hungry cannibal, or as a canny inquisitor of the adolescent hero or heroine of the tale. In new translations and with an introduction by Sibelan Forrester, Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales is a selection of tales that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov. This new collection includes beloved classics such as ""Vasilisa the Beautiful"" and ""The Frog Princess,"" as well ... Read more
Baba Yaga is an ambiguous and fascinating figure. She appears in traditional Russian folktales as a monstrous and hungry cannibal, or as a canny inquisitor of the adolescent hero or heroine of the tale. In new translations and with an introduction by Sibelan Forrester, Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales is a selection of tales that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales from the lesser-known nineteenth-century collection of Ivan Khudiakov. This new collection includes beloved classics such as ""Vasilisa the Beautiful"" and ""The Frog Princess,"" as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781617035968
SKU
V9781617035968
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Sibelan Forrester, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, is a professor of Russian at Swarthmore College and coeditor of Engendering Slavic Literatures.|Helena Goscilo is chair of the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University and coeditor of Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales.|Martin Skoro, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a graphic designerand illustrator at MartinRoss ... Read more
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