David of Sassoun; the Armenian folk epic in four cycles. The original text translated with an introduction and notes / by Artin K. Shalian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sasowntsi Davitʻ.

Contributor:

Shalian, Artin K., -1964, editor, translator.

Language:

Armenian

English

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 377 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, 1964.

Contents:

Introd.

1st cycle. Sanasar and Baghdasar

2nd cycle. Medz Mher

3rd cycle. David of Sassoun

4th cycle. Pokr Mher

Epilogue

Glossary

Bibliography (p. [375]-377).

Notes:

"David of Sassoun ... has been compiled from oral sources comprising the recitation of ... bards."

"Within the period of ... 1874-1936, sixty-five fragmental variants of the epic stories [were] collected through transcription in native dialects ... These ... variants, grouped under the title of Sasnah Dzrer (The Foolhardies of Sassoun), were selectively compiled ... by Manoug Abeghian and Garabed Melik-Ohanchanian, and published ... in ... 1936, 1944, and 1951, at Erivan, Armenia, by the State Publishing Board."

"... the Institute of Literature and Languages of the Armenian Academy of Sciences was commissioned to compile a complete unified text of the ... epic under the direction of ... Hovsep Orbelli ... This ... task was entusted to Prof. Manoug Abeghian, Prof. Kevork Abov, and Aram Ghanalanian"--P. xviii-xx.

This unified text, from which the present translation was made, "was published in 1939, at Erivan ... under the title of Sassountzy David, Haykakan Zhoghovrdakan Epos (David of Sassoun, the Armenian Folk Epic)"--P. xv.

Bibliography: pages [375]-377.

OCLC:

248853823