num_pages: 576
description: This controversial and groundbreaking book revisits the origins of one of the most beloved works of East Slavic literature, the Slovo o polku Igoreve ( The Igorʹ Tale ). Edward Keenan delves into the history of the publication of the Tale and produces a meticulous analysis of its language in order to demonstrate that the text is not an authentic twelfth-century document. Rather, Keenan argues that it is a product of the late eighteenth century, created by the Bohemian scholar Josef Dobrovský. Keenan’s thought-provoking insights into the creation and publication of the Tale will spark scholarly debate for many years.
language: English
title: Josef Dobrovský and the Origins of the Igorʹ Tale
titlecomplete: Josef Dobrovský and the Origins of the Igorʹ Tale (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies)
publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute