Research Catalog

Title

Songs of the Serbian people : from the collections of Vuk Karadžić / translated and edited by Milne Holton and Vasa D. Mihailovich.

Publication

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović, 1787-1864.
• Holton, Milne.
• Mihailovich, Vasa D.

Description

xv, 310 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies

Uniform Title

Series in Russian and East European studies

Subject

• Karadžić, Vuk, 1787-1864
• Epic poetry, Serbian > Translations into English
• Folk songs, Serbo-Croatian > Texts
• 18.58 Serbo-Croatian language and/or literature
• Epic poetry, Serbian
• Folk songs, Serbo-Croatian
• Anthologie
• Serbisch
• Volkslied
• Servo-Kroatisch
• Serbisch

Genre/Form

• Poetry
• poetry.
• Epic poetry.
• Folk poetry.
• Folk songs.
• Musical texts.
• Poetry.
• Texts.
• Translations.
• Translations (form)
• Folk songs (texts)
• Poésie épique.
• Poésie populaire.
• Chansons folkloriques.
• Paroles (Musique)
• Poésie.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310).

Contents

Pronunciation Guide -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- The Vila Builds a Town (starting p. 15) -- The Shepherd Who Was Devoured (starting p. 16) -- The Sun and the Moon Woo a Maiden (starting p. 17) -- The Wedding of the Shining Moon (starting p. 18) -- The Tsar and the Girl (starting p. 19) -- Jovan and the Leader of the Giants (starting p. 21) -- The Brothers and Their Sister (starting p. 32) -- God Leaves No Debt Unpaid (starting p. 37) -- The Wedding of Tsar Dusan (starting p. 49) -- Uros and the Mrljavcevices (starting p. 70) -- The Building of Skadar (starting p. 78) -- The Wedding of King Vukasin (starting p. 86) -- The Wedding of Prince Lazar (starting p. 96) -- The Building of Ravanica (starting p. 102) -- Banovic Strahinja (starting p. 106) -- Fragments of Various Kosovo Songs (starting p. 134) -- Tsar Lazar and Tsaritsa Milica (starting p. 140) -- The Fall of the Serbian Empire (starting p. 147) -- The Death of the Mother of the Jugovices (starting p. 150) -- The Kosovo Maiden (starting p. 153) -- Marko Kraljevic Recognizes His Father's Saber (starting p. 163) -- Prince Marko's Plowing (starting p. 167) -- Marko Drinks Wine at Ramadan (starting p. 169) -- A Maiden Outwits Marko (starting p. 173) -- Marko Kraljevic and Alil Aga (starting p. 176) -- Marko Kraljevic and Mina of Kostur (starting p. 182) -- Marko Kraljevic and the Twelve Arabs (starting p. 193) -- Marko Kraljevic and Musa the Robber (starting p. 195) -- Marko Kraljevic and the Vila (starting p. 204) -- The Death of Marko Kraljevic (starting p. 209) -- Radul Bey and the Bulgarian King Sisman (starting p. 217) -- The Death of Duke Prijezda (starting p. 223) -- Porca of Avala and Vuk, the Fiery Dragon (starting p. 227) -- The Division of the Jaksices (starting p. 232) -- The Wife of Hasan Aga (starting p. 236) -- Janko Jurisic (starting p. 240) -- Predrag and Nenad (starting p. 248) -- Old Novak and Knez Bogosav (starting p. 255) -- The Captivity of Stojan Jankovic (starting p. 258) -- The Wedding of Ljubovic's Sister (starting p. 263) -- The Death of Ivo of Senji (starting p. 267) -- Old Vujadin (starting p. 271) -- The Beginning of the Revolt Against the Dahijas (starting p. 278) -- The Battle on Misar (starting p. 298) -- Selected Bibliography (starting p. 307)

ISBN

• 0822939525
• 9780822939528
• 0822956098
• 9780822956099

LCCN

97004561

OCLC

• ocm36201296
• 36201296
• SCSB-2121184

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library