Translating Gjergj Fishta's epic masterpiece, Lahuta e Malcis, into English as The Highland Lute
The Highland Lute, the Albanian national epic poem, contains 15,613 lines. It mirrors Albania’s difficult struggle for freedom and independence which was finally achieved in 1912. It was important for Robert Elsie and I to achieve an atmosphere similar to that of other important European epics such...
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Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
2009-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/tc/index.php/TC/article/view/6317 |