Author : Rebecca Hickox
Publisher : Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385306577
Kata's little wooden doll saves her life when she is captured by Baba Yaga.
Author : Mirra Ginsburg
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 35,71 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0802195873
The classic collection of wildly inventive and bitingly satirical tales of post-revolutionary Russia: “amusing and excellent reading” (Isaac Bashevis Singer). This famous collection of Soviet satire from 1918 to 1963 devastatingly lampoons the social, economic, and cultural changes wrought by the Russian Revolution. Among the seventeen boldly outspoken writers represented here are Mikhail Bulgakov, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Valentin Katayev, and Yury Kazakov. Whether the stories and novellas collected here take the form of allegory, fantasy, or science fiction, the results are ingenious, critical, and hilariously timeless. “The stories in this collection tell the reader more about Soviet life than a dozen sociological or political tracts.” —Isaac Bashevis Singer “An altogether admirable collection . . . by the highly talented translator Mirra Ginsburg . . . Many of these stories and sketches are delicious, even—a miracle!—funny, and full of subtlety and intelligence.” —The New Leader “Hilarious entertainment. Beyond this it illuminates with the cruel light of satire the reality behind the pretentious façade of the Soviet state.” —Sunday Sun
Author : Jack V. Haney
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 2024-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1040288944
"The Complete Russian Folktale" makes available to English readers a rich folk tradition that has not been easily accessible or well known in the West. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Russian version of the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, and drawing on both archival and written sources dating back to the early sixteenth century, J.V. Haney has assembled and translated examples of the full range of tales. Nearly all of these tales will appear here in translation for the first time. Volume 6 presents tales classified 850-999, which describe the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. They portray acts of fate, prophecy, and even divine justice, in a village context of social misery, folk tradition, the aggravations of family life, and the heartaches of the lovelorn. J.V. Haney's extensive introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.
Author : Graeme Davis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1847991297
Lingua et Linguistica is part of the JLL Project: Language Linguistics Literature Learning published in association with Shakespeare Centre Press, and linked to the on-line journals of the Project: Journal of Language and Linguistics, Journal of Language and Learning, Journal of Language and Literature. Further information about the JLL Project and the refereeing committee for this journal is available at the project web-site: http: //www.jllonline.org Lingua et Linguistica seeks to publish work which makes an original contribution to linguistics and language study, including language teaching methodology and the language of literature. Submission information is available through the project web site.
Author : Julio J. Diez
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 953510621X
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is not a new concept. However, its popularity has increased in the last few decades because of public concern about the dramatic decrease in forest resources. The implementation of SFM is generally achieved using criteria and indicators (C
Author : Judith Pallott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1786720337
The Russian Federation has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Women in particular are profoundly affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Families and Punishment in Russia details the experiences of these women-be they wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters-who, as relatives of Russia's three-quarters of a million prisoners, are the "invisible victims" of the country's harsh penal policy. A pioneering work that offers a unique lens through which various aspects of life in twenty-first century Russia can be observed: the workings of criminal sub-cultures; societal attitudes to parenthood, marriage and marital fidelity; young women's quests for a husband; nostalgia for the Soviet period; state strategies towards dealing with political opponents; and the social construction of gender roles.
Author : Svetlana BOYM
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674028643
Boym provides a view of Russia that is historically informed, replete with unexpected detail, and stamped with authority. Alternating analysis with personal accounts of Russian life, she conveys the foreignness of Russia and examines its peculiar conceptions of private life and common good, of Culture and Trash, of sincerity and banality.
Author : Helena Goscilo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Glasnost
ISBN : 9780472066148
A look at women's changing roles and images in the emerging new Russian society
Author : Alison Hilton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780253327536
Russian Folk Art surveys the traditions, styles, and functions of the many objects made by Russian peasant artists and artisans. Placing the objects within the settings in which folk artists worked -- the peasant household, the village, and the local market -- Alison Hilton discusses the principal media artists employed and the items they produced, from dippers and goblets to clothing and window frames. Emphasizing the balance between time-honored forms and techniques and the creativity of individual artists, the book explores how images and designs helped to form a Russian esthetic identity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Abundantly illustrated with examples from Russian museums, Russian Folk Art is a treasure for anyone interested in Russian culture.
Author : Jack V. Haney
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781563244957
This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".
