Golokhvastov, Georgy Vladimirovich (translator)

Slovo o Polku Igoreve [The Tale of Igor's Campaign]

New York: Novyi Zhurnal (The New Review), 1950. Dobuzhinsky, Mstislav Valerianovich (illustrator). Original publisher's cover. Item #358

Dimensions: 19 x 13.3 cm. 76 pages: illustrations; footnotes: XVI pages. Text in Russian. The book is in near fine condition with minor wear to the cover, internally, as new. The publication is decorated with a little-known graphic series of works by Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957), completed by him back in 1947 in London, three years earlier than the book's publication. The translation from the Old East Slavic language was done by the emigrant poet Georgy Vladimirovich Golokhvastov (1882-1963).

An anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Tale of the Campaign of Igor, The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of the Host of Igor, and The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the Middle Ages (late 12th century).

Price: $250.00