The Discovery of Albania

Informationen zum Autor Robert Elsie (1950-2017) was a Canadian scholar and translator specialising in Albanian studies and folklore. Robert Elsie (1950-2017) was a Canadian scholar and translator specialising in Albanian studies and folklore. Klappentext Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline. It was he who first studied the Balkan country and its people, and who brought them to the attention of the academic world. Despite this acclaim, his work has not been widely available in English until now. In this volume, Robert Elsie has translated Hahn's most important works relating to his travels and studies in Albania during the mid-nineteenth century. Hahn's interests were broad, but he was especially interested in the tribes of Albania and Kosovo and made several ethnographic studies of the cultures and traditions of the tribes he encountered on his travels - including the Kelmendi, Hoti and Kastrati tribes. This volume will be invaluable readers for scholars of Balkan history and anthropology. Zusammenfassung Classic accounts of Albania in the 19th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Travel Writings Travels through Albania Travels through Kosovo Travels through Northern Albania Oral Literature and Ethnographic Writings Legend of the Founding of the Kelmendi Tribe Legend of the Founding of the Hoti and Triepshi Tribes Legend of the Founding of the Kastrati Tribe Albanian Folk Tales from the Island of Poros Account of Pederasty in Central and Northern Albania Southern Albanian Love Songs Correspondence Letters to the Scottish historian, George Finlay Letters to the Archbishop of Antivari, Carl Pooten Bibliography Index

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Robert Elsie (1950-2017) was a Canadian scholar and translator specialising in Albanian studies and folklore. Robert Elsie (1950-2017) was a Canadian scholar and translator specialising in Albanian studies and folklore.

Texte du rabat
Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline. It was he who first studied the Balkan country and its people, and who brought them to the attention of the academic world. Despite this acclaim, his work has not been widely available in English until now. In this volume, Robert Elsie has translated Hahn's most important works relating to his travels and studies in Albania during the mid-nineteenth century. Hahn's interests were broad, but he was especially interested in the tribes of Albania and Kosovo and made several ethnographic studies of the cultures and traditions of the tribes he encountered on his travels - including the Kelmendi, Hoti and Kastrati tribes. This volume will be invaluable readers for scholars of Balkan history and anthropology.

Résumé
Classic accounts of Albania in the 19th century.

Contenu

Introduction

Travel Writings
Travels through Albania
Travels through Kosovo
Travels through Northern Albania

Oral Literature and Ethnographic Writings
Legend of the Founding of the Kelmendi Tribe
Legend of the Founding of the Hoti and Triepshi Tribes
Legend of the Founding of the Kastrati Tribe
Albanian Folk Tales from the Island of Poros
Account of Pederasty in Central and Northern Albania
Southern Albanian Love Songs

Correspondence
Letters to the Scottish historian, George Finlay
Letters to the Archbishop of Antivari, Carl Pooten

Bibliography
Index