Description: Further DetailsTitle: Wild Songs, Sweet SongsCondition: NewEAN: 9780674271333ISBN: 9780674271333Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic StudiesFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/28/2021Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: John Kolsti (With), Zymer U. Neziri (With), Nicola Scaldaferri (Edited by), Victor A. Friedman (With)Language: EnglishSubtitle: The Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B. LordISBN-10: 0674271335Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral LiteratureGenre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: Poetry & DramaDescription: In the 1930s, Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord, two pioneering scholars of oral poetry, conducted adventurous fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and northern Albania, collecting singularly important examples of Albanian epic song. Wild Songs, Sweet Songs presents these materials, which have not previously been published, for the first time.Nicola Scaldaferri and his collaborators provide a complete catalogue of the Albanian texts and recordings collected by Parry and Lord; a selection of twelve of the most significant texts, including the longest Albanian epic ever collected, in Albanian with accompanying English translations; four essays contextualizing the materials and outlining their significance; and an assortment of related photographs and documents. The book is an authoritative guide to one of the most significant collections of Balkan folk epic in existence.Author: Zymer U. NeziriRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Wild Songs, Sweet Songs
Title: Wild Songs, Sweet Songs
EAN: 9780674271333
ISBN: 9780674271333
Release Date: 09/28/2021
Release Year: 2021
Contributor: Victor A. Friedman (With)
Subtitle: The Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B
ISBN-10: 0674271335
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature
Book Title: Wild Songs, Sweet Songs : the Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Topic: Epic, Ethnomusicology, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Poetry, Social Science
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Nicola Scaldaferri
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
