Igor Tale found or lost? (STRAKHOV'S POINT)

[Strakhov, Olga]

A few more: on Golovin see article in the Entsiklopediia Slova o Polku Igoreve:
http://feb-web.ru/feb/slovenc/es/es4/es4-2992.htm


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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Schultz
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Igor Tale found or lost? (STRAKHOV'S POINT)

Steven and Olga, I share your skepticism. 
Olga, you seem to have firsthand knowledge of the Golovin version of the Skazanie.  
What, exactly, did Golovin add to make the text more like the Igor Tale? That is, in what way is Golovin's text closer than the Zadonshchina to the Igor Tale? Looking through my editions of the Skazanie, I find no mention of Golovin's version anywhere, although Tvorogov has an entry about Golovin in Entsiklopediia Slova o polku Igoreve. He says nothing in his entry to cast real doubt on the authenticity of Golovin's version.
  Richard



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From: Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at ILLINOIS.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:18:15 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Igor Tale found or lost? (Strakhov's point)

Dear colleagues and Prof Strakhov:

Mann's new publication is definitely worth our attention.  At the 
same time, I think it should be taken with a grain of salt, and we 
can thank Olga Strakhov for being the first (or one of the first) 
to mention that grain of salt.  It's a question that nagged me 
previously, but which I did not post on this list-server till now.
So hosannahs to Prof Strakhov for standing up and posting it.
  
Namely,  where is the ORIGINAL mss of that particular "Skazanie" 
which Golovin edited (?) and published in 1835.  We all could hope 
that the particular mss which Golovin found (and later lost?)
could be precisely photo-reproduced (in addition to the edited 
[?] version which Golovin did publish)...

With a bit of skepticism,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:46:46 -0400 
From: "Strakhov, Olga" <strakhov at GSD.HARVARD.EDU> 
Subject: Re: Another Igor Tale hoax? 

As far as I understand, in his book Robert Mann compares Slovo o Polku Igoreve 
with Nikolai Golovin's edition of the Skazanie of Mamaevom poboishche. 
Nikolai Golovin published his version of Skazanie in Moscow in 1835 (see 
"Skazanie o poboishche velikago kniazia Dimitriia Ioannovicha Donskago s 
nechestivym tsarem Mamaem: i s bezchislennymi tatary na Donu, na reke 
Nepriadve, na pole Kulikove, 1380 goda 8-go sentiabria: sochinenie XV stoletiia", 
izdal Nikolai Golovin [Moskva: V tip. A. Semena, 1835]; quoted after the copy of 
the Houghton Library, Harvard). 
Golovin's text in some respect is closer to Slovo than the Zadonshchina. 
The problem is that the original manuscript of Golovin's edition has never been 
found. Hence, it is quite possible (and more than possible, since this version is 
unique in many readings) that Golovin either "corrected" or "reconstructed" his 
text so that it might look more "Igor'-like". 
In short, Golovin's version of the Skazanie is well known, but is not considered to 
be reliable. 
Olga Strakhov 
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