Songs of the Serbian people : from the collections of Vuk Karadžić /
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. It was a monumental and unprecedented undertaking. Karadzic gathered and heard performances of the rich songs of Balkan pea...
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| Language: | English Croatian |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©1997.
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| Series: | Series in Russian and East European studies.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=829659 |
Table of Contents:
- Pronunciation Guide; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Songs Before History; 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; 2. Before the Battle of Kosovo; The Wedding of Tsar Dušan; Uroš and the Mrljavčevićes; The Building of Skadar; The Wedding of King Vukašin; The Wedding of Prince Lazar; The Building of Ravanica; Banović Strahinja; 3. The Battle of Kosovo.
- Fragments of Various Kosovo SongsTsar Lazar and Tsaritsa Milica; The Fall of the Serbian Empire; The Death of the Mother of the Jugovićes; The Kosovo Maiden; 4. Marko Kraljević; Marko Kraljević Recognizes His Father's Saber; Prince Marko's Plowing; Marko Drinks Wine at Ramadan; A Maiden Outwits Marko; Marko Kraljević and Alil Aga; Marko Kraljević and Mina of Kostur; Marko Kraljević and the Twelve Arabs; Marko Kraljević and Musa the Robber; Marko Kraljević and the Vila; The Death of Marko Kraljević; 5. Under the Turks; Radul Bey and the Bulgarian King Šišman; The Death of Duke Prijezda.
- Porča of Avala and Vuk, the Fiery DragonThe Division of the Jakšićes; The Wife of Hasan Aga; Janko Jurišić; 6. The Songs of Outlaws; Predrag and Nenad; Old Novak and Knez Bogosav; The Captivity of Stojan Janković; The Wedding of Ljubović's Sister; The Death of Ivo of Senj; Old Vujadin; 7. The Songs of the Serbian Insurrection; The Beginning of the Revolt Against the Dahijas; The Battle on Mišar; Selected Bibliography.