Books by Jack V. Haney

An anthology that covers Russian folktales, legends, and anecdotes. It contains 114 tales that represent various genres found in the Russian tradition dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries and come from various geographic regions of the Russian-speaking world.

These stories of magic and heroism are the best-known and best-loved folktales of Russia. A wondertale tells of a young person's first venture into a perilous world, where he or she must solve a riddle, pass a test of character, or perform a heroic feat.

A concluding installment of a multi-volume work that makes available to English readers a rich folktale tradition. Compared to other European traditions, the East Slavs have an extremely large number of tale types. Using the Aarne-Thompson index to folktale types, this book assembles and presents translated examples of a wide range of tales.

Presenting tales translated into English and classified 850-999, this sixth volume describes the travails of young people who are seeking happiness and love. The introduction and annotations explain the structure of the tales, their place in the A-T system and in folklore studies, and the specifics of their Russian provenance.

This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".