Josef Dobrovský and the origins of the Igor' tale
By: Edward L. Keenan.
Series: Harvard series in Ukrainian studies
Publisher: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
Subjects: Dobrovský, Josef, 1753-1829.; Slovo o polku Igoreve -- Authorship.
Description: "This revisits the origins of one of the most beloved works of East Slavic literature, the Slovo o polku Igoreve (the Igor' Tale). 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 and priest Josef Dobrovsky. According to Keenan, only Dobrovsky, the greatest Slavist of his time, possessed the knowledge and ability needed to create a work as unique as the Tale."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-529) and indexes.