Stelletsky (1 results)

Language: Russian
Published by Prosveshchenie, Moskva 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United KingdomEastleach Books
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Condition: Good. 1st thus. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 264pp, folding colour frontis, 3 folding b/w maps, dustjacket faded to the spine & worn with a little loss, text unmarked. A critical edition of the Epic Russian poem 'Lay' , or The Tale of Igor's Campaign, which is an anonymous poem, written in the late 12th century & written in the O…ld East Slavic language. The poem gives an account of a failed raid, carried out by Igor Svyatoslavich against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. Despite some doubts over the poems authenticity, current consensus is that it is authentic. 475 grams.