The Hagiography of Kievan Rusʹ
By: translated with an introduction by Paul Hollingsworth.
Contributors: Hollingsworth, Paul.
Series: Harvard library of early Ukrainian literature.; v. 2
Publisher: Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Published: 1992
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Church Slavic prose literature -- Kievan Rus -- Translations into English; Russian literature -- To 1700 -- Translations into English; Ukrainian literature -- To 1700 -- Translations into English; Christian saints -- Kievan Rus -- Biography
Description: "Among the finest products of Kievan Rus literature were the Lives of the first Rus saints, including Olga, Volodimer, Boris and Gleb, Feodosij, and Avraamij of Smolensk. Drawing on Byzantine, Church Slavonic, and Western literary traditions, the Rus hagiographers fashioned religious narratives that were at once traditional and tailored specifically for an East Slavic audience. These hagiographic works are now collected and translated into English in a single volume for the first time.

Paul Hollingsworth's introduction examines the hagiographers' literary portrayals of the saints against the background of political, ecclesiastical, and cultural developments of Kievan Rus."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and indexes.