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Scanderbeide - The Heroic Deeds of George Scanderbeg, King of Epirus (Paperback, New edition)
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Scanderbeide - The Heroic Deeds of George Scanderbeg, King of Epirus (Paperback, New edition)
Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
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The first historical heroic epic authored by a woman,
"Scanderbeide" recounts the exploits of fifteenth-century Albanian
warrior-prince George Scanderbeg and his war of resistance against
the Ottoman sultanate. Filled with scenes of intense and
suspenseful battles contrasted with romantic episodes,
"Scanderbeide" combines the action and fantasy characteristic of
the genre with analysis of its characters' motivations. In
selecting a military campaign as her material and epic poetry as
her medium, Margherita Sarrocchi (1560?-1617) not only engages in
the masculine subjects of political conflict and warfare but also
tackles a genre that was, until that point, the sole purview of
men.
First published posthumously in 1623, "Scanderbeide" reemerges here
in an adroit English prose translation that maintains the suspense
of the original text and gives ample context to its rich cultural
implications.
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