I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Language. Fourth Edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company,
2000 (2003). (Also available in part on TheFreeDictionary.com.)
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover.
Franz, Marie-Louise von. "The Beautiful
Wassilissa." Problems of the Feminine in Fairytales. New York:
Spring Publications, 1972. Essay also appears in
Amazon.com: Buy the book inpaperback.
Haney, Jack V. An Introduction to the
Russian Folktale. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1999.
Amazon.com: Buy the book inhardcoverorpaperback.
Pilinovsky, Helen J. "By Any Other Name:
An Overview of the Russian Fairy Tale in the Fantastic Tradition of the
East and West." Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts. Winter 2004.
<http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrrussian.html>