The life of the Archpriest Avvakum by himself
The life of the Archpriest Avvakum by himself1924
Translated from the seventeenth century Russian by Jane Harrison and Hope Mirrlees, with a pref. by Prince D.S. Mirsky.
About this book
Translated from the Russian by Cambridge Classicist Jane Ellen Harrison and her companion Hope Mirrlees, The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum by himself is the story of Avvakum's persecution by Nikon told in first person vernacular. Published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press in 1925. The preface is by Russian critic and literary historian, D.S. Mirsky.
Details
- First published
- 1924
- OL Work ID
- OL1653815W
Subjects
Old BelieversRaskolniks