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Songs of the Serbian People : From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic by Vasa D. Mihailovich (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-100822956098
ISBN-139780822956099
eBay Product ID (ePID)577885
Product Key Features
Book TitleSongs of the Serbian People : from the Collections of Vuk Karadzic
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, General
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Literary Collections, History
AuthorVasa D. Mihailovich
Book SeriesRussian and East European Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-004561
Reviews"In their native culture, the songs have particular resonance on several levels: the ritual nature of their presentation, their highly formulaic language, their function as a repository of popular belief all create a mental world which is consciously different from the every day reality of the listeners' lives. Some translators have endeavored to convey something of this 'otherworldly' stylized quality . . . Others have sought to render the sense of the songs in metric patterns closer to English folklore tradition. In their collection, Milne Holton and Vasa D. Mihailovich have chosen to try to reproduce accurately the songs' compelling rhythm, in a form as close to the original as possible. . . . The value of the Holton and Mihailovich volume is enhanced by a useful introduction, notes and a select bibliography, increasing its interest for both the student and the general reader. . . . the Holton and Mihailovich explanation is a model of balance and restraint." --THE SLAVONIC REVIEW, "This voluminous translated selection represents a joint labour and scholarly accomplishment. It is a work of very high competence, broad and multifaceted erudition, a meticulously orchestrated variety of technical skills and expertise, absolute integrity and impartiality, even-handed benevolence, invariable respect for the facts, and balance and objectivity. . . . There is no doubt that this large and formative collection of 44 poems will be of great and lasting value and interest to everyone concerned with the folk traditions and oral literatures of the perplexing and psychologically intriguing Southern Slavs." --South Slav Journal, "In their native culture, the songs have particular resonance on several levels: the ritual nature of their presentation, their highly formulaic language, their function as a repository of popular belief all create a mental world which is consciously different from the every day reality of the listeners' lives. Some translators have endeavored to convey something of this 'otherworldly' stylized quality . . . Others have sought to render the sense of the songs in metric patterns closer to English folklore tradition. In their collection, Milne Holton and Vasa D. Mihailovich have chosen to try to reproduce accurately the songs' compelling rhythm, in a form as close to the original as possible. . . . The value of the Holton and Mihailovich volume is enhanced by a useful introduction, notes and a select bibliography, increasing its interest for both the student and the general reader. . . . the Holton and Mihailovich explanation is a model of balance and restraint." --THE SLAVONIC REVIEW, "Commentaries to each translated poem are expertly done, useful and informative. They abound with cultural detail and historical observations, helping the reader, who does not know the Serbian language and who is not familiar with the historical and social context, to better understand the folk songs which make up the soul of the Serbian people." --American Srbobran, “Commentaries to each translated poem are expertly done, useful and informative. They abound with cultural detail and historical observations, helping the reader, who does not know the Serbian language and who is not familiar with the historical and social context, to better understand the folk songs which make up the soul of the Serbian people.â€� -American Srbobran, "Commentaries to each translated poem are expertly done, useful and informative. They abound with cultural detail and historical observations, helping the reader, who does not know the Serbian language and who is not familiar with the historical and social context, to better understand the folk songs which make up the soul of the Serbian people." -American Srbobran, This voluminous translated selection represents a joint labour and scholarly accomplishment. It is a work of very high competence, broad and multifaceted erudition, a meticulously orchestrated variety of technical skills and expertise, absolute integrity and impartiality, even-handed benevolence, invariable respect for the facts, and balance and objectivity. . . . There is no doubt that this large and formative collection of 44 poems will be of great and lasting value and interest to everyone concerned with the folk traditions and oral literatures of the perplexing and psychologically intriguing Southern Slavs." —South Slav Journal
Grade FromNinth Grade
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
SynopsisIn 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. It was a monumental and unprecedented undertaking. Karadzic gathered and heard performances of the rich songs of Balkan peasants, outlaws, and professional singers and their rebel heroes. 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 translations ever assembled in English. Holton and Mihailovich, leading scholars of Slavic literature, have preserved here the unique meter and rhythm at the heart of Serbian oral poetry, as well as the idiom of the original singers. Extensive notes and comments aid the reader in understanding the poems, the history they record and the oral tradition that lies beneath them, the singers and their audience. The songs contain seven cycles, identified here in sections titled: Songs Before History, Before Kosovo, the Battle of Kosovo, Marko Karadzic, Under the Turks, Songs of the Outlaws, and Songs of the Serbian Insurrection. The editors have selected the best known and most representative songs from each of the cycles. A complete biography is also provided., In the early nineteenth century Serb scholar Vuk Karadzic collected and published now classic transcriptions of Balkan oral poetry. This edition, by taking great care to preserve the unique meter and rhythm at the heart of Serbian oral poetry as well as the idiom of the original singers, offers the most complete and authoritative translations ever assembled in English.
LC Classification NumberPG1465.S66 1997
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