[ALBSA-Info] Gjergj Fishta's "Lahuta e Malcis" now in English for first time

[krenar at juno.com]

From: krenar at juno.com



The Highland Lute - Lahuta e Malcis
AUTHOR:  Gjergj Fishta  

The most powerful and effective epic to have been written in Albanian for
which no English translation has previously existed. This is a unique
resource for students and scholars of Balkan studies and comparative
literature. "The Highland Lute" is the most powerful and influential epic
to have been written in Albanian. Enormously popular when it appeared in
the 1920s and 30s, it captivated the country with its vivid, archetypal
characters and panoramic descriptions: the backdrop to Albania's
historical battles for freedom and independence from the Turks and
Montenegrins. It propelled its author, Gjergj Fishta, to universal
recognition as the national poet of Albania until the Communists took
power in 1944. On its first public recital in post-Communist Albania, 45
years later, many in the audience still knew parts of it by heart. Robert
Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck have achieved a masterful new translation,
the first complete version to appear in English, which captures the
spirit of the original and, accompanied by a new critical introduction,
will introduce the poem to a new generation of admirers. 
The Highland Lute (Lahuta i Malcis) can be ordered through I.B. Tauris
Publishers, London and New York at http://www.ibtauris.com/
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