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Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics
[Buy it!] | Popovic, Tanya | USD 15.00
(Wed May 22 02:51:55 2024) | Abebooks | Argyl Houser, Bookseller | ISBN10: 0815624441, ISBN13: 9780815624448, [publisher: Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY] Hardcover First Edition The book and dust jacket are both spotless and just-like-new inside and out. The dust jacket has been put in a clear archival sleeve to keep it in pristine condition. Book, dust jacket and sleeve will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. "One of the most popular of the south European epic heroes-a counterpart of the French Roland or Spain's El Cid-Price Marko has not been well known in America. The historical Marko headed a small kingdom in Macedonia in the fourteenth century. A vassal of the Turkish sultans, he was a relatively minor historical figure. Yet in the oral tradition he was transmuted into a figure of legend, the great hero who protected the South Slavic people from injustice and oppression during a long history of hardship. Popular interest in the legendary Prince Marko has persisted through the centuries in Europe, and contemporary enthusiasm about him remains high. Serbs and Macedonians invoked his name in the Balkan War against the Turks and in World War II against the Germans; Ivan Mestrovic reinforced the epic nature of Price Marko in his monumental sculptures; and Marguerite Yourcenar included him in the images and tales in her work. Popovic has traced the Marko themes, in the Balkans and as crossovers to the Vlachs (Romanians), Hungarians, Ukrainians, and some French and Italian--but focusing in the South Slavic area. This is a medieval world full of action, contests, combats, bravery, justice, honesty, and honor. Here Marko is an indomitable force who strives to break out of the boundaries of an enslaved life--impulsive, capricious, at times ruthless, yet always compassionate toward those who suffer. After discussing the background of South Slavic folk literature, Popovic looks at the factual and fictional images of Prince Marko, especially as he was presented in epic poetry and popular lore. She then takes a detailed look at the legend and history of the Prince as revealed in the many epic songs. Prince Marko is a compelling account of a medieval king transformed by epic bards into a legend that will appeal to historians and anthropologists, as well as folklorists." -- the publisher
[Turlock, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1988]
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