Songs of the Serbian People by Milne Holton

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Summary

The traditional oral poems and songs of the South Slavs, translated here into English, were originally collected in the early-19th century by Serb scholar and linguist Vuk Karadzic. Notes and comments aid understanding of the poems, the history they record and the oral tradition beneath them.

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Songs of the Serbian People by Milne Holton

In the early nineteenth century Serb scholar Vuk Karadzic collected and published now classic transcriptions of Balkan oral poetry.

Milne Holton is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Maryland. Among his books are The Big Horse: Stories of Modern Macedonia, Reading the Ashes, The New Polish Poetry, Austrian Poetry Today, and with Mihailovich, Serbian Poetry from the Beginnings to the Present.

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ISBN 13 9780822956099
ISBN 10 0822956098
Title Songs of the Serbian People
Author Milne Holton
Series Russian And East European Studies
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
Year published 1997-04-17
Number of pages 328
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.