Author: Publisher: Chicago : Argonaut
ISBN:
Category : Albania
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716-1943
Author: Publisher: Chicago : Argonaut
ISBN:
Category : Albania
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716-1943
Author: Albanian Historical Folksongs 1716-1943. A Survey of Oral Epic Poetry from Southern Albania with Orig. Texts Coll. and Transl
Author: Pyrrhus J. RuchesA Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture
Author: Robert ElsiePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814722145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In some senses, Albania is a living museum of the past. Originally a small herding community in the most inaccessible reaches of the Balkans, the presence of Albanians in southeastern Europe has been documented for over a thousand years. Albanian traditional folk culture, which evolved over centuries of relative isolation, is surprisingly rich. Yet despite recent events this culture remains little known to the Western world. Due to the lasting effects of a half century of Stalinist dictatorship, very few individuals even in Albania know much about their own popular traditions. The Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture makes available for the first time a wealth of knowledge about Albanian popular belief and folk customs. Alphabetical entries shed light on blood feuding, figures of Albanian mythology, religious beliefs, communities, and sects, calendar feasts and rituals, and popular superstitions, as well as birth, marriage, and funeral customs, and sexual mores. This unique volume will stand as the standard reference work on the subject for years to come.
Historical Dictionary of Albania
Author: Robert ElsiePublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081087380X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
Albania is not well known by outsiders; it was deliberately closed to the outside world during the communist era. Now it has thankfully become free again, its borders are open and it can be visited, and it is increasingly integrating with the rest of Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, Albania has had its share of problems in the post-communist era; it's a land of destitution and despair, thanks in part to the Albanian mafia, which has turned the country into one of blood-feuds, kalashnikovs, and eternal crises. Yet, Albania is, in essence, a European nation like any other and will soon, it is to be hoped, advance and take its proper place in Europe and the world. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Albania relates the history of this little-known country through a detailed chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, appendixes, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.
Southern Albania
Author: Henry BaerleinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albania
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Performing Arts Books, 1876-1981
Author: Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker Company
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
Albania
Author: Antonia YoungPublisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Dedicated to "all those Albanians whose lives have been disrupted by violence and human rights abuses," this bibliographic guide attests to many unique cultural and other facets of this beleaguered Balkan nation beyond its contemporary political and economic woes: individuals of note, geology, archeology/prehistory, flora and fauna, travel accounts, language, arts, media, religion, cuisine, hobbies, social change, women's issues, and Albanian communities around the world. Includes a chronology, table of place names, note on pronunciation, map, and indexes by author, title, and subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
When Languages Collide
Author: Brian D. JosephPublisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814209134
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
National Poetry, Empires and War
Author: David AberbachPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317618106
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Nationalism has given the world a genre of poetry bright with ideals of justice, freedom and the brotherhood of man, but also, at times, burning with humiliation and grievance, hatred and lust for revenge, driving human kind, as the Austrian poet Grillparzer put it, ‘From humanity via nationality to bestiality’. National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series of historical, social and political perspectives. Starting with the Hebrew Bible and Homer and moving through the Crusades and examples of subsequent empires, this book has much on pre-modern national poetry but focuses chiefly on post-1789 poetry which emerged from the weakening and collapse of empires, as the idealistic liberalism of nationalism in the age of Byron, Whitman, D’Annunzio, Yeats, Bialik, and Kipling was replaced by darker purposes culminating in World War I and the rise of fascism. Many national poets are the subject of countless critical and biographical studies, but this book aims to give a panoramic view of national poetry as a whole. It will be of great interest to any scholars of nationalism, Jewish Studies, history, comparative literature, and general cultural studies.