15th century
A01=Margherita Sarrocchi
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albania
Author_Margherita Sarrocchi
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empire
empirical
epic
epirus
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feminism
feminist
george scanderbeg
hero
heroic
heroics
historical
history
king
masculine
ottoman
poetics
poetry
political
politics
prince
prose
relationships
renaissance
research
ruler
scholarly
translation
war
warrior
women
womens studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780226735085
- Weight: 737g
- Dimensions: 15 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2006
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
