Information about the authors:
Aleksandra B. Ippolitova
Aleksandra B. Ippolitova, PhD in History, Senior Researcher, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky ave., 32a, 119334 Moscow, Russia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8008-2330
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Andrey L. Toporkov
Andrey L. Toporkov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Philology, Director of Research, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya St., 25A, bld. 1, 121069 Moscow, Russia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-3819
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Abstract:
The interaction between oral and manuscript tradition is one of the most dynamic areas of modern folklore studies. In recent decades, special attention has been paid to early records of folklore, the so-called spontaneous folklore, the parallel existence of genres in folklore and literary registers, and the transition of texts from oral to written tradition and back again. Impressive results were obtained while studying magical texts which function in folk religion and folk medicine. The manuscript heritage of Grigory Danilovich Knigolyubov (1820–1889), a peasant from the village of Zavidovo, Klin uyezd, Moscow province, is of particular interest in this aspect. Some manuscripts of G.D. Knigolyubov are kept in archives of Moscow and Tver, others have been lost, but are known from descriptions and partial publications in different editions of Russian folklore. It is for the first time that the information about G.D. Knigolyubov and his writings is being offered — based on the three investigation files kept in the Central State Archive of Moscow and the Russian State Historical Archive. Thanks to the archival research the authors managed to establish the dates of life of G.D. Knigolyubov and his relatives.
