CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE 5
3. CONTENTS 9
4. I. THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD 11
5. II. TRANSLATED AND BORROWED LITERATURE 20
6. III. PERIOD OF STYLISTIC SIMPLICITY 31
7. THE AGE OF ORNAMENTAL STYLE (12th–13th CENTURIES) 82
8. V. THE PERIOD OF SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE 145
9. VI. MUSCOVITE LITERATURE 230
10. VII. THE BAROQUE 320
11. INDEX OF PROPER NAMES 439
12. INDEX OF PLACE-NAMES 447
13. INDEX OF WORKS 449
14. ERRATA 452