{"product_id":"scanderbeide","title":"Scanderbeide","description":"The first historical heroic epic authored by a woman, \u003ci\u003eScanderbeide\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eScanderbeide\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published posthumously in 1623, \u003ci\u003eScanderbeide\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220033851736,"sku":"9780226735085","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226735085_83d48b39-acf8-41af-9df0-167d7071e1e9.jpg?v=1769759109","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/scanderbeide","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}