The Discovery of Albania - Johann George von Hahn

The Discovery of Albania

Travel Writing and Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century Balkans
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2015
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78453-292-5 (ISBN)
149,60 inkl. MwSt
Classic accounts of Albania in the 19th century.
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.

Johann Georg von Hahn (1811-1869) was an Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture. Robert Elsie is a writer, translator, interpreter and specialist in Albanian studies.

Introduction

Travel Writings
Travels through Albania
Travels through Kosovo
Travels through Northern Albania

Oral Literature and Ethnographic Writings
Legend of the Founding of the Kelmendi Tribe
Legend of the Founding of the Hoti and Triepshi Tribes
Legend of the Founding of the Kastrati Tribe
Albanian Folk Tales from the Island of Poros
Account of Pederasty in Central and Northern Albania
Southern Albanian Love Songs

Correspondence
Letters to the Scottish historian, George Finlay
Letters to the Archbishop of Antivari, Carl Pooten


Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.5.2015
Einführung Robert Elsie
Übersetzer Robert Elsie
Zusatzinfo 5 bw integrated
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 408 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Europa
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-78453-292-4 / 1784532924
ISBN-13 978-1-78453-292-5 / 9781784532925
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