The highland lute : (Lahuta e Malcís) : the Albanian national epic / Gjergj Fishta ; translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie & Janice Mathie-Heck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishta, Gjergj.

Contributor:

Elsie, Robert, 1950-2017.

Mathie-Heck, Janice, 1950-

Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England)

Standardized Title:

Lahuta e malcís. English

Language:

Albanian

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Albania--History--1878-1912--Poetry.

Albania.

Epic poetry, Albanian.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xvii, 487 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I. B. Tauris ; New York : In the U.S. and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

"The Highland Lute" became enormously popular in the 1920s and 30s, with its vivid, archetypal characters and panoramic descriptions: the backdrop to Albania' s historical battles for freedom and independence from the Turks and Montenegrins. It propelled its author, Gjergj Fishta, to universal recognition as the national poet of Albania until the Communists took power in 1944. On its first public recital in post-Communist Albania, 45 years later, many in the audience still knew parts by heart. Robert Elsie' s masterful new translation, the first to appear in English, captures the spirit of the original and, accompanied by a new critical introduction, will introduce the poem to a new generation of admirers. ""

Notes:

"In association with the Centre for Albanian Studies."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-487).

ISBN:

1845111184

OCLC:

61529164

Publisher Number:

9781845111182