Elodie Lawton Mijatovic

Broschiertes Buch

Serbian Folk-Lore

Beschreibung

Hard to find in print, this charming replica edition of a rare 1874 work brings together some familiar¿and some esoteric¿tales of European folklore as filtered through the culture of Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia. Selected and translated into English by ELODIE LAWTON MIJATOVIC (1825¿1908), the stories featured include: ¿ ¿The Bear¿s Son¿ ¿ ¿The Snake¿s Gift¿ ¿ ¿The Golden-Fleeced Ram¿ ¿ ¿Who Asks Little, Gets Much¿ ¿ ¿The Wise Girl¿ ¿ ¿Good Deeds Are Never Lost¿ ¿ ¿The Wicked Stepmother¿ ¿ ¿The Shepherd and the King¿s Daughter¿ ¿ ¿One Good Turn Deserves Another¿ ¿ ¿The Golden-Haired Twins¿ ¿ and others.

Autor

ELODIE LAWTON MIJATOVIC (1825-1908) was a British author who translated Serbian works into English, wrote several English-language histories on Serbia, and translated national Serbian songs about the Battle of Kossovo into one Ballad, which she dedicated to Her Highness Nathalie, Princess of Serbia. When living in Boston in the 1850s, Lawton was a proponent of the American abolitionist movement. She married the Serbian statesman and writer, Cedomilj Mijatovic, in 1864.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 391g
• ISBN-13: 9781605202945
• ISBN-10: 1605202940
• Artikelnr.: 25477077