Marina Cvetaeva And Folklore
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Published In
A Companion To Marina Cvetaeva: Approaches To A Major Russian Poet
Series Title
Brill's Companions To The Slavic World
Abstract
Cvetaeva’s poetic use of folklore is unusual for the Silver Age, though it connects her with nineteenth-century writers, especially Pushkin. Examination of the long folkloric poems “Царь-Девица” and “Молодец”, both based on folktales found in Aleksandr Afanas’ev’s classic three-volume collection of Russian folktales, shows Cvetaeva freely engaging in folkloric strategies of adaptation. She also responds in important ways to the folkloristic commentary provided by Afanas’ev. Folklore has been a significant topic in scholarship on Cvetaeva as well.
Published By
Brill
Editor(s)
Sibelan E. S. Forrester
Recommended Citation
Sibelan E.S. Forrester.
(2016).
"Marina Cvetaeva And Folklore".
A Companion To Marina Cvetaeva: Approaches To A Major Russian Poet.
Volume 1,
66-91.
DOI: 10.1163/9789004332959_005
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-russian/224