Afanasyev: English Translation?

[Liv Bliss]

Hello, Jonathan. I don't know how authoritative it is (though it is cited by 
the online Annotated Afanas'ev Library, which doesn't include your story), 
but I have an Afanas'ev collection (Russian Fairy Tales), translated by 
Norbert Guterman with a commentary by Jakobson. 663 pp., which is a whole 
lot of tales. It's a second impression published in 1976, by Sheldon Books 
(London). Originally copyrighted in 1945 by Pantheon Books, copyright 
renewed in 1973 by Random House. This collection does include "The Magic 
Swan Geese."

It's available on Amazon.com, but if you prefer, by all means contact me 
off-list and I'll email you a scan of that story. Or I'll mail you a good 
old-fashioned photocopy, if you want the 21-page Jakobson commentary -- and 
maybe the endnotes -- too.

Best to all
Liv

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Arthur Carter" <j.carter1 at UNIMELB.EDU.AU>
Sent: November 27, 2008 3:23 PM
Subject: Afanasyev: English Translation?


> G'day.
>
> The name's Jonathan and I'm developing a theory of names in narrative. And
> to stage contrasts with other theories, I'm analysing 'The Magic
> Swan-Geese': the same tale Vladimir Propp uses in his 'Morphology'.
>
> But I don't have Russian. And I'm embarassed to say I can't locate an
> authoritative translation of Afanasyev's collection. Only a few children's
> versions that vary wildly and cite no sources. So here're my questions.
>
> Is there an authoritative English translation of Afanasyev's main folktale
> collection? Or just that story? In print and/or cyberspace? And if there
> is, what is it?
>
> Hoping for help, and here in Australia, praying for rain!
>
> Jonathan A. Carter
> English Department
> University of Melbourne
>
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