Intertextual Inclusions in Russian Spiritual Epistolary Communication: Typology, Functions, Context by A. N. Smolina

“…Their types are presented: biblical (Old Testament and New Testament), patristic, prayer, hymnographic (from psalms and akathists), hagiographic.  Their main functions are indicated: meaning-forming, argumentative, prescriptive, evaluative, syndicative, aesthetic. …”
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