Russian Heroic Poetry

Originally published in 1932, this book presents a collection of Russian heroic poems, or byliny, edited and translated into English. The selections run in chronological order from the medieval period through to the nineteenth century, with particular focus on major historic figures such as Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great.

• • Author: Nora Kershaw Chadwick
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Sep 25, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 322 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1107431883
• • ISBN-13: 9781107431881