The Discovery of Albania - Travel Writing and Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century Balkans

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.Classic accounts of Albania in the 19th century. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionTravel WritingsTravels through AlbaniaTravels through KosovoTravels through Northern AlbaniaOral Literature and Ethnographic WritingsLegend of the Founding of the Kelmendi TribeLegend of the Founding of the Hoti and Triepshi TribesLegend of the Founding of the Kastrati TribeAlbanian Folk Tales from the Island of PorosAccount of Pederasty in Central and Northern AlbaniaSouthern Albanian Love SongsCorrespondenceLetters to the Scottish historian, George FinlayLetters to the Archbishop of Antivari, Carl PootenBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Johann George von Hahn, Johann George von Hahn
• Assisted by: Robert Elsie (Introduction), Elsie Robert (Introduction), Robert Elsie (Translation), Elsie Robert (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781350154681
• ISBN: 978-1-350-15468-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Diaries, letters & journals, HISTORY / Europe / General, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Diplomacy, Albania, Diaries, letters and journals, Classic Travel Writing