Guesses and dreams of primitive humanity. 2nd edition, corrected and supplemented. Buslaev F.I.

The publication presents the selected works of the outstanding Russian folklorist, linguist and literary critic Academician Fedor Ivanovich Buslaev (1818–1897). The views of F.I. Buslaev’s fate of domestic literature with great fullness revealed in his works “Epic Poetry”, “Russian Life and Proverbs”, “The oldest epic traditions of the Slavic tribes”. F.I. Buslaeva "Comparative study of folk life and poetry" and "guesses and dreams of primitive humanity."

A peculiar position of F.I. Buslaev in the literary and social life of the mid -XIX century. It is presented in a series of his polemic articles and reviews. The publication also publishes the correspondence of F.I. Buslaeva with his students - academician A.N. Veselovsky and corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences A.I. Kirpichnikov.

The book is intended for philologists, historians and everyone who is interested in Russian folklore, literature and the history of social thought.