Don’t Like It – Don’t Listen To It: Nonsense Stories About Mazai-Muenchhausen

Abstract

In the article by Valentin Golovin (St. Petersburg) entitled «Don’t Like It – Don’t Listen To It: Nonsense Stories About Mazai-Muenchhausen», the author provides new commentary on the well-known poem by Nikolai Nekrasov, «Grandpa Mazai and His Hares» (1870). His analysis is based mainly on one line from the poem that reads, «He was widowed, did not have any children, just one grandson». Golovin suggests new sources that provide multiple interpretations of the main character whose actions are analyzed based on newly discovered references.