Download or read book Josef Dobrovský and the Origins of the Igor' Tale written by Edward L. Keenan and published by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial and groundbreaking book revisits the origins of one of the most beloved works of East Slavic literature, Slovo o polku Igoreve (The Igorʹ Tale). Keenan argues that the text is not an authentic 12th-century document but rather was created by the Bohemian scholar Josef Dobrovský in the late 18th century.