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

By:

Sarrocchi, Margherita, approximately 1560-1617

Contributor(s):

Russell, Rinaldina

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 462 p.)ISBN:

9780226735061 (electronic bk.)
0226735060 (electronic bk.)

Uniform titles:

Scanderbeide. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scanderbeide.DDC classification:

851/.5 22

LOC classification:

PQ4634.S163 S3313 2006eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

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; CAST OF MAIN CHARACTERS; CANTO 1; CANTO 2; CANTO 3; CANTO 5; CANTO 6; CANTO 7; CANTO 9; CANTO 10; CANTO 13; CANTO 14; CANTO 15; CANTO 17; CANTO 18; CANTO 19; CANTO 20; CANTO 21; CANTO 22; CANTO 23; APPENDIX : EXCERPTS FROM CANTOS 5, 6, 13, AND 22 IN ITALIAN; GLOSSARY; SERIES EDITORS' BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

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.

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Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Italian.

Description based on print version record.

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.

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