Scanderbeide : the heroic deeds of George Scanderbeg, King of Epirus /
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, Sc...
| Основен автор: | Sarrocchi, Margherita, approximately 1560-1617. |
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| Други автори: | Russell, Rinaldina. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Italian |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Серия: |
Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212688 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Scanderbeide. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxviii, 462 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226735061 0226735060 |