Songs of the Frontier WarriorsRobert Elsie, Janice Mathie-Heck Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2004 - 414 pages The Epics of Gilgamesh, Homer, Vergil, Shahnameh, are sources of our knowledge of religious beliefs. This epic is a welcome introduction to the spiritual world of the Albanians as they fought the crusades. The "Songs of the Frontier Warrior is the first English-language translation ever made of Albanian epic verse. As the product of a little-known culture and a difficult, rarely studied language, the Albanian epic has tended to remain in the shadow of the Serbo-Croatian, or more properly, Bosnian epic, with which it has undeniable affinities. This translation may thus be regarded as an initial attempt to rectify the imbalance and to give scholars and the reading public in general an opportunity to delve into the exotic world of the northern Albanian tribes. The present bilingual edition offers a broad selection of the best known songs. Also included are an introduction, a glossaries of terms and sources, and a selective bibliography. |
Contents
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 10 |
Section 4 | 11 |
Section 5 | 30 |
Section 6 | 31 |
Section 7 | 48 |
Section 8 | 49 |
Section 23 | 211 |
Section 24 | 230 |
Section 25 | 242 |
Section 26 | 243 |
Section 27 | 256 |
Section 28 | 257 |
Section 29 | 280 |
Section 30 | 290 |
Section 9 | 54 |
Section 10 | 55 |
Section 11 | 90 |
Section 12 | 91 |
Section 13 | 102 |
Section 14 | 103 |
Section 15 | 130 |
Section 16 | 131 |
Section 17 | 154 |
Section 18 | 170 |
Section 19 | 171 |
Section 20 | 188 |
Section 21 | 189 |
Section 22 | 210 |
Section 31 | 291 |
Section 32 | 312 |
Section 33 | 328 |
Section 34 | 340 |
Section 35 | 346 |
Section 36 | 347 |
Section 37 | 354 |
Section 38 | 355 |
Section 39 | 360 |
Section 40 | 361 |
Section 41 | 367 |
Section 42 | 375 |
Section 43 | 380 |