Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Chronology: Highlights and Lowlights in the Life of the Manuscripts xiii
6. Introduction: T he Phenomenon of the Manuscripts 1
7. 1. Forgery as a Romantic Form of Authorship: The Manuscripts in Comparative Perspective 28
8. 2. Successful Forgeries: Oral Traditional Epic Poetics in the Czech Manuscripts 43
9. 3. Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Manuscripts 117
10. 4. Faith, Ritual, and the Manuscripts 146
11. Conclusion 187
12. Notes 193
13. Bibliography 233
14. Index 247