
The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore
Maureen Perrie(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-521-89100-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ivan the Terrible has long been a controversial figure. Some historians regard him as a crazed and evil tyrant; while others (especially Soviet scholars of the Stalin period) have viewed him as a progressive and far-sighted statesman. The folklore about Ivan has played an important part in these debates. Was Ivan's depiction in folklore favourable or hostile? And how far can it be regarded as evidence of contemporary popular attitudes towards the tsar? In this unusual and far-ranging study, Maureen Perrie discusses the nature of Ivan's image in Russian folklore; its historical basis; its development; and the controversies which have surrounded it in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russian scholarship. She argues that Ivan was in general portrayed in folklore in a positive light, but that this image does not necessarily reflect sixteenth-century views.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-89100-4 (9780521891004)
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Maureen Perrie
The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore
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05/1987
Cambridge University Press
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Maureen Perrie
The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore
Book
05/1987
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Preface; Introduction: the myth of the tsar; Part I. Folkloristics: 1. The image of the tsar: a review of the literature; 2. History and folklore: some methodological; Part II. Folklore: 3. The image of Ivan the Terrible in folklore; 4. The historical content of the folklore; 5. The development of Ivan's popular image; Conclusion; Texts; Bibliography; Index.