TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sarrocchi,Margherita
AU  - Russell,Rinaldina
TI  - Scanderbeide: the heroic deeds of George Scanderbeg, King of Epirus 
T2  - The other voice in early modern Europe
SN  - 9780226735061 (electronic bk.)
AV  - PQ4634.S163 S3313 2006eb
U1  - 851/.5 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Scanderbeg,
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - POETRY
KW  - Continental European
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Translated from the Italian; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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