Lightning from the Depths: An Anthology of Albanian Poetry
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Albanian literature has had many lives. The early Christian traditions disappeared as Islam and the Ottoman Empire took over. Muslim literature, too, withered when the nation strove to become an independent European country. The beginnings of a modern tradition were quashed by the Stalinists. All along this rocky path, poets have turned the political strife, poverty, and isolation their nation has often experienced into culture, both celebrating and questioning the society in which they live. Lightning from the Depths opens readers' eyes to a new political and cultural world populated artists who can spin despair into poetry.…mehr

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Albanian literature has had many lives. The early Christian traditions disappeared as Islam and the Ottoman Empire took over. Muslim literature, too, withered when the nation strove to become an independent European country. The beginnings of a modern tradition were quashed by the Stalinists. All along this rocky path, poets have turned the political strife, poverty, and isolation their nation has often experienced into culture, both celebrating and questioning the society in which they live. Lightning from the Depths opens readers' eyes to a new political and cultural world populated artists who can spin despair into poetry.
Autorenporträt
ROBERT ELSIE's (1950-2017) interest in Albania was sparked by several visits he made from 1978 on. He has written many books on Albanian culture and affairs. JANICE MATHIE-HECK has done extensive work in teaching and counseling Albanian refugees as well as translating, editing, and critiquing works of Albanian literature