"First published 1987"--Title page verso.

Folkloristics -- The Image of the Tsar: A Review of the Literature -- History and Folklore: Some Methodological Problems -- Folklore -- The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Folklore -- The Historical Content of the Folklore -- The Development of Ivan's Popular Image -- Texts -- Prose -- Samuel Collins' Tales -- Shibarsha -- Ivan the Terrible and the Elder -- Clever Words -- Why Treason Came to Russia -- From P.I. Yakushkin's 'Travel Notes' -- N. YA. Aristov's Tales -- Verse -- The Capture of Kazan -- Kostryuk -- Ivan the Terrible and His Son -- Ivan and Domna -- Bandit and Cossack Songs -- Songs About Ermak.