The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture)

Maureen Perrie

ISBN 10: 0521891000 / ISBN 13: 9780521891004

Verlag: Cambridge University Press 2002-04-11, 2002

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-IUK-9780521891004

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• Titel: The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press 2002-04-11
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521891000
• ISBN-13: 9780521891004
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New

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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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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.