Songs of the Serbian People From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic

Name: Songs of the Serbian People From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic
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ISBN: 9780822956099

ISBN-10: 0822956098

ISBN-13: 9780822956099

Edition: 1997

Authors: Milne Holton, Vasa D. Mihailovich, Vasa D. Mihailovich, Vasa D. Mihailovich

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In the early nineteenth century, Vuk Karadzic, a Serb scholar and linguist, collected and eventually published transcriptions of the traditional oral poetry of the South Slavs.nbsp; It was a monumental and unprecedented undertaking.nbsp; Karadzic gathered and heard performances of the rich songs of Balkan peasants, outlaws, and professional singers and their rebel heroes.nbsp; His four volumes constitute the classic anthology of Balkan oral poetry, treasured for nearly two centuries by readers of all literatures, and influential to such literary giants as Goethe, Merimee, Pushkin, Mickiewicz, and Sir Walter Scott. This edition of the songs offers the most complete and authoritative…

Book details

Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 4/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Pronunciation Guide


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Vila Builds a Town


The Shepherd Who Was Devoured


The Sun and the Moon Woo a Maiden


The Wedding of the Shining Moon


The Tsar and the Girl


Jovan and the Leader of the Giants


The Brothers and Their Sister


God Leaves No Debt Unpaid


The Wedding of Tsar Dusan


Uros and the Mrljavcevices


The Building of Skadar


The Wedding of King Vukasin


The Wedding of Prince Lazar


The Building of Ravanica


Banovic Strahinja


Fragments of Various Kosovo Songs


Tsar Lazar and Tsaritsa Milica


The Fall of the Serbian Empire


The Death of the Mother of the Jugovices


The Kosovo Maiden


Marko Kraljevic Recognizes His Father's Saber


Prince Marko's Plowing


Marko Drinks Wine at Ramadan


A Maiden Outwits Marko


Marko Kraljevic and Alil Aga


Marko Kraljevic and Mina of Kostur


Marko Kraljevic and the Twelve Arabs


Marko Kraljevic and Musa the Robber


Marko Kraljevic and the Vila


The Death of Marko Kraljevic


Radul Bey and the Bulgarian King Sisman


The Death of Duke Prijezda


Porca of Avala and Vuk, the Fiery Dragon


The Division of the Jaksices


The Wife of Hasan Aga


Janko Jurisic


Predrag and Nenad


Old Novak and Knez Bogosav


The Captivity of Stojan Jankovic


The Wedding of Ljubovic's Sister


The Death of Ivo of Senji


Old Vujadin


The Beginning of the Revolt Against the Dahijas


The Battle on Misar


Selected Bibliography