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A compendium of folkloric, literary, and critical texts that demonstrate the degree to which ancient Russian fairy-tale fantasies acquired political and historical meanings during the catastrophic twentieth century.

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Part I: Folkloric Fairy Tales; Introduction: Helena Goscilo; The Frog Princess; The Three Kingdoms; Baba Yaga; Vasilisa the Beautiful; Maria Morevaa; Tale of Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf; The Feather of Finist the Bright Falcon; The Magic Mirror; The Magic Ring; Danila the Luckless; Ilya Muromets and the Dragon; The Maiden Tsar; Part II: Fairy Tales of Socialist Realism; Introduction: Marina Balina; Tele of the Military Secret, Malchish Kibalchish and His Solemn Word; The Golden Key or The Adventures of Buratino (excerpts); The Flower of Seven Colors; The Old Genle Hottabych (excerpts); The Malachite Caskat; Part III: Fairy Tales of Socialist Realism: Critique of Soviet Culture; Introduction: Mark Lipovetsky; Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups; The Dragon (excerpts); Tales of the Troika (excerpts); Before the Cock Crows (excerpts); That Same Munchausen (act I)

Politicizing Magic An Anthology of Russian and

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      Publisher Northwestern University Press
      Published 10/25/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780810120310
      978-0810120310
      ISBN-10 0810120313
      Also in:
      Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A compendium of folkloric, literary, and critical texts that demonstrate the degree to which ancient Russian fairy-tale fantasies acquired political and historical meanings during the catastrophic twentieth century.

      Table of Contents
      Part I: Folkloric Fairy Tales; Introduction: Helena Goscilo; The Frog Princess; The Three Kingdoms; Baba Yaga; Vasilisa the Beautiful; Maria Morevaa; Tale of Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf; The Feather of Finist the Bright Falcon; The Magic Mirror; The Magic Ring; Danila the Luckless; Ilya Muromets and the Dragon; The Maiden Tsar; Part II: Fairy Tales of Socialist Realism; Introduction: Marina Balina; Tele of the Military Secret, Malchish Kibalchish and His Solemn Word; The Golden Key or The Adventures of Buratino (excerpts); The Flower of Seven Colors; The Old Genle Hottabych (excerpts); The Malachite Caskat; Part III: Fairy Tales of Socialist Realism: Critique of Soviet Culture; Introduction: Mark Lipovetsky; Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups; The Dragon (excerpts); Tales of the Troika (excerpts); Before the Cock Crows (excerpts); That Same Munchausen (act I)

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