Scanderbeide : the heroic deeds of George Scanderbeg, King of Epirus / Margherita Sarrocchi ; edited and translated by Rinaldina Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarrocchi, Margherita, approximately 1560-1617.

Contributor:

Russell, Rinaldina.

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

The other voice in early modern Europe

Standardized Title:

Scanderbeide. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scanderbeg, 1405?-1468--Poetry.

Scanderbeg.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first historical heroic epic authored by a woman, Scanderbeide recounts the exploits of fifteenth-century Albanian warrior-prince George Scanderbeg and his war of resistance against the Ottoman sultanate. Filled with scenes of intense and suspenseful battles contrasted with romantic episodes, Scanderbeide combines the action and fantasy characteristic of the genre with analysis of its characters' motivations. In selecting a military campaign as her material and epic poetry as her medium, Margherita Sarrocchi (1560?-1617) not only engages in the masculine subjects of political conflict and warfare but also tackles a genre that was, until that point, the sole purview of men. First published posthumously in 1623, Scanderbeide reemerges here in an adroit English prose translation that maintains the suspense of the original text and gives ample context to its rich cultural implications.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

MARGHERITA SARROCCHI AND THE WRITING OF THE SCANDERBEIDE

VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTE ON TRANSLATION

IN THE ALBANIAN CAMP

CANTO 1

From CANTO 2

CANTO 3

CANTO 5

From CANTO 6

CANTO 7

CANTO 9

CANTO 10

From CANTO 13

From CANTO 14

From CANTO 15

From CANTO 17

From CANTO 18

From CANTO 19

From CANTO 20

CANTO 21

CANTO 22

CANTO 23

APPENDIX: EXCERPTS FROM CANTOS 5, 6, 13 AND 22 IN ITALIAN

GLOSSARY

SERIES EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283976107

1283976102

9780226735061

0226735060

OCLC:

476229089