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Name: Texts of hagiographical character in Old Believers’ polemical works of the 17th c.

Authors: Titova L.V.

Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: Based on the works by the ideologists of the early Old Belief archpriest Avvakum and deacon Fyodor Ivanov, the present paper analyzes the texts of hagiographical character and determines their function in the propagandistic publicistic works of these authors.

Keywords: old believers’ publicistic literature (works), polemic works, hagiographical elements, vita, antivita

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