A Troyan in The Tale of Igor’s Campaign and the Sonnets of Alexander Kondratiev
Journal: Germenevtika drevnerusskoj literatury
Year: 2023

The article examines a comparative analysis of the hypothetical image of Troyan in The Tale of Igor’s Campaign and Alexander Kondratiev’s sonnet cycle Slavic Gods (1936). Being well versed in various interpretations of the mysterious image by Medievalists, the poet gave unconditional preference to the mythological direction. An inspirational example for him was the book of Pyotr Buturlin Sonnets (1895). During the period of 20 years of residence in the Volyn city of Dorogobuzh, Kondratiev studie