From the Oxford University Press Slavica had the opportunity to buy up the limited remaining stock of this fundamental work on formal Slavic syntax when the original publisher, Oxford University Press, decided to declare it out of print. We are delighted to offer it at a lower than half of its original price in both hardcover and paperback. Focusing on issues of case theory and comparative grammar, this study treats selected problems in the syntax of the Slavic languages from the perspective of Government-Binding theory. Franks seeks to develop parametric solutions to related constructions among the various Slavic languages. A model of case based loosely on Jakobson's feature system is adapted to a variety of comparative problems in Slavic, including across-the-board constructions, quantification, secondary predication, null subject phenomena, and voice. Solutions considered make use of recent approaches to phrase structure, including the VP-internal subject hypothesis and the DP hypothesis. The book will serve admirably as an introduction to GB theory for Slavic linguists as well as to the range of problems posed by Slavic for general syntacticians. Preface vii 1. Introduction 3 2. Matrices, Indices, and Morphosyntactic Features 16 3. Across-the-Board Dependencies 61 4. Quantified Structures: Russian versus Serbo-Croatian 93 5. Quantified Structures: Polish and Other Puzzles 130 6. Secondary Predication 220 7. Null Subject Phenomena 287 8. Voice Alternations 333 9. Summary and Conclusions 374 References 379 Name Index 395 Subject Index 399

Horace Gray Lunt (1918–2010), one of the leading Slavic philologists of his time, spent his entire academic career at Harvard University (1949–89), where he helped to train generations of graduate students in Slavic philology and linguistics, many of whom went on to occupy college and university posts throughout the United States. The present volume, Philology Broad and Deep, contains twenty-one essays dedicated to his memory by his former students and close colleagues. These contributions reflect his own devotion to philology, linguistics, and medieval studies, and confirm his enduring influence on those he taught and mentored.

During a distinguished academic career at Belgrade University, UCLA, and Harvard University, Kiril Taranovsky became extraordinarily influential for his contributions to verse theory and for studies devoted to Russian poets, especially those of the Silver Age. His statistical approach to versification led to fundamental findings that have become integral to the understanding of the nature and the history of rhythm and meter, while his investigations of individual poets, with a particular emphasis on Mandel´shtam, led him to define the notion of “subtext” and to examine poems not as isolated texts but as “open,” revealing links to other works and authors. This volume grew out of a conference held at Dartmouth College to mark the 100th anniversary of Taranovsky’s birth. It contains articles on poets from the 18th through the 20th centuries, which honor and reflect his broad interests in Russian poetry. Several contributions investigate aspects of Russian versification, and a final section presents reflections on Taranovsky’s legacy. The possible links between verse form and meaning, a field he pioneered in a seminal article on Lermontov, constitute a recurrent theme. The book concludes with a set of previously unpublished letters, which offer insights to both the man and his ideas.

Book Reviews

Review in Slavic and East European Journal, 61.2 (Summer 2017)  

Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature (covering the period from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries) follows Professor Mikos's well-received Polish Renaissance Literature, published by Slavica in 1995. As was the case with the Renaissance volume, this is the first collection of texts in English devoted solely to the rich literature, both prose and poetry, of the Polish Baroque and Enlightenment. The book presents in a fresh and accessible form over two hundred selections from the greatest poets and prose writers, along with a separate introduction for each of the two sections and thirty-four illustrations in all. More than two-thirds of the texts are rendered into English for the first time. The book begins with a seventeen-page bibliography, which includes suggestions for further reading. The twenty-page introductions to each of the two parts contain sections on the historical, cultural, and literary background. There is also a chronological table for the period of the Enlightenment. Each author is introduced by a biographical note; the texts are annotated, and the text upon which the translation is based is listed. Professor Mikos was awarded the 1995 Polish PEN Club Prize for his translations, including this book and Polish Renaissance Literature.

This double volume covers the periods from 1918 to 1939 and from 1945 to 2000 and constitutes the sixth and last part of the history and anthology of Polish literature from its beginnings to the year 2000. The task of making a comprehensive selection of authors and their works, particularly for the period from 1945 to 2000, was particularly difficult and resulted in regrettable sacrifices and omissions. Firstly, the size of this anthology was limited to about 400 pages, not counting introductions, bibliographies, and illustrations. Consequently, it was possible to include only 63 authors and 224 selections, allowing for an average of about six pages per author. Secondly, the works of many leading poets, novelists, and playwrights […] are already available in numerous English translations, listed in select bibliographies of this volume. Thirdly, there is no contemporary literary canon acceptable to the majority of readers and scholars. Needless to say the present controversies concerning the literary canon, driven often by ideological considerations, do not make the task any easier. Fourthly, a postwar canon imposed on Poland was based on political considerations derived from communist ideology. Finally, the regaining of Poland’s independence in the 1990s brought about a veritable publishing explosion, mostly of historical works, but also of the pulps, crowding out, this time commercially, valuable works of literature. This situation, combined with the coteriean practices of the dominant political and intellectual elites, mostly post-communist, and the subsequent fluctuations in the publishing market, additionally obscured the literary scene and made it difficult to evaluate readers’ preferences. Consequently, the politically distorted and fragmented history of Polish post-war literature requires rigorous reexamination. It is still too early to predict which works will survive the rigorous test of time. But as in the previous volumes, my main goal has been to present a broad and balanced selection of Polish literary texts to English-speaking students and general readers.

The period of Romanticism has a special meaning for the Polish people. In spite of political and military defeats suffered between 1772 and 1863, and, most tragically, the loss of independence, Poland "had not lost her life yet." Considerable credit for her survival and subsequent rebirth must be given to Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Zygmunt Krasinski, and Cyprian Norwid, the leading Romantic poets who sustained the nation during its supreme trial, proving once more that the pen is mightier than the sword. Polish Romantic Literature (covering the period from 1822 to 1863) follows Professor Mikos's Medieval Literature of Poland (1992), Polish Renaissance Literature (1995), and Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature (1996), the last two published by Slavica. This is the first collection of texts in English devoted solely to the significant literary achievements of Polish Romanticism. The volume, addressed to the general public, students of literature, and scholars, presents 121 texts by twelve major poets, playwrights, and prose writers. Many of the selections are rendered into English for the first time. Three concise introductory essays describe major historical events, cultural developments, and literary accomplishments of Polish Romanticism. Each author is introduced by a biographical note, and the texts are annotated. The volume is illustrated and contains a bibliography of translations, general surveys, and critical studies.

CONTENTS:
List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction Adam Mickiewicz
Ode to Youth Romanticism Father's Return Mrs. Twardowski To the Niemen To M*** The Hare and the Frong Sonnets II. I Speak to Myself XV. Good Morning XVI. Good Night XVII. Good Evening< Crimean Sonnets I. The Akkerman Steppes II. The Calm of the Sea III. Sea Travel IV. The Storm VIII. Potocki's Grave X. Baydary XIV. The Pilgrim XVIII. Ajudah Konrad Wallenrod Introduction Song of the Brad To *** To a Polish Mother To My Cicerone Evening Discourse Forefather's Eve Part III Act I, scene I Act I, scene II. The Improvisation The Monument of Peter the Great Master Thaddeus I The Manor Farm XI The Year 1812 XII Let Us Love One Another A Stubborn Wife Apothegms and Sayings Degrees of Truths Veni Creator Spiritus Word and Deed Guest Lausanne Lyrics You Ask Why God Mouths Shouting For the Crowd To Spin Love Over the Water Grand and Clear When my Corpse Sits Here I Shed Pure Tears Juliusz Stowacki Separation Hymn My Testament The Funeral of Captain Meyzner In the Album of Sophie Bobrówna For It Is the Poet's Brightest Glory No More Can I Be Frightened by Any Fate To Mother A Fiery Angel-Angel at My Left Side If in My Land at Any Time Whatever Give Me One Mile of Land and Nothing Else To Mother (2) O! Miserable, O! Subjugated In Switzerland I-III The Wreath Was Woven Out of Accursed Matter When the First Cocks Sing Unto the Master Journey to the Holy Land from Naples Song VIII. Agamemnon's Tomb Beniowski Song V. The Supple Tongue. O Lord! Anhelli Chapter I, II, VII Kordian Act III, scene IV Fantazy Act I, scene I, XIV, XV Letter to Mother Zygmunt Krasiński God Has Denied Me the Angelic Measure If Happiness and Glory at Any Time I Scarcely Met You, Yet I Must Say Adieu Ere the Sun Rises, Dew Will Eat Our Eyes Out! Whatever Will Be, Whatever Will Happen Ever and Always I Would Kneel Perhaps The Un-Divine Comedy Part III, IV Irydion Introduction Cyprian Kamil Norwid Autumn My Song(II) "Will I Request Amnesty?" As... Give Me That Blue Ribbon Gernalities In Verona Fate Mercy The Two Siberias Nerves Their Strength Why Not in Chorus Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of Bem To Citizen John Brown Chopin's Piano From a Persian Poet Every Place Has Its Own Night-Symphony Letter to Michal Kleczkowski Antoni Malczewski Maria Song I: I, II, XIV, XVII Song II: IX, XV, XVI, XVII Aleksander Fredro Revenge Act I, Scene I Act III, Scene IV Mister Jowialski Ronald and Donald Henryk Rzewuski The Memoirs of Sir Seweryn Soplica XVI. How I Got Married Józef Ignacy Kraszewski An Old Tale The Old Man and the Old Woman Teofil Lenartowicz The Golden Mug The Guelder Rose Forgiveness A Conversation Between a Peasant and a Scientist Wladyslaw Syrokomla In the ALbum of Princess Puzynina Wincenty Pol The Song About Our Land Cranes and Storks Kornel Ujejski The Snowed-in Hut Some Time-Dying Select Bibliography

Political Humor Under Stalin is an anthology of jokes, wisecracks, and satire from the Soviet 1930's and '40s that provides a glimpse of everyday dissembling and dissent in one of the modern world's most repressive societies. More than merely a joke book, it offers no less than a folkloric counter narrative to the "official" history of the USSR, as well as a ground-breaking discussion of the culture of joke-telling under Stalin. "Political Humor Under Stalin is a resource that will interest historians and cultural critics, and ha the potential to become a class reading in a number of subjects. I enjoyed it immensely: it satisfied the scholar in me, plus it was just plain fun." - James von Geldern, Macalester College

Book Review

Review in Jahrbucher für Geschichte Osteuropas, Vol. 60, no. 2, 2012 (via Recensio.net, Review platform for European History)

In addition to analysis of Kaverin's works, this book gives biographical materials, an extensive bibliography of writings by and about Kaverin, a list of translations of Kaverin's work into English and other Western languages, suggestions for background reading, plot synopses, and an index.

This Concordance, which contains every line of verse written by Russia's greatest poet, is the first and only work of its kind to be published anywhere, and will be an indispensable work for all scholarly libraries and for specialists in Russian poetry. It lists alphabetically all the Cyrillic word forms found in all the basic texts of all the poetry and it gives the following information for each: the number of times that it occurs and also the number of lines in which it is used; it gives the poem-and-line location and quotes in full the complete line in which the form appears. The listing of these Cyrillic word forms is with no exceptions; all the lines of poetry are quoted under each word form except for eleven function words which occur with extreme frequency: a, v, za, i, k, kak, na, ne, no, s, chto. The Concordance is based upon the most authoritative and complete edition of Pushkin's works, the so-called "large Academy" edition, and reproduces the orthography and punctuation of all the Russian-language poems of that edition, including unprintable and Latin-alphabet words in them; it includes all the verse of the basic texts, but not variants. Many special features are included to help the user. Special tables supplement the Concordance proper: Lines Containing Unprintable Words; Lines Containing Latin-Alphabet Words; Hyphenated Words: Normal Alphabetical Order; Hyphenated Words: Reverse Alphabetical Order. An important feature of this Concordance is that it prints the stress for all 42,433 endwords (words that rhyme or could rhyme), so that the reader can tell at a glance whether a given line is fragmentary; otherwise one could not be certain in all instances.

"...zasluzhivaet vnimaniia i bezuslovnogo odobreniia." (Voprosy literatury)