Embroidered with Gold, Strung with Pearls: The Traditional Ballads of Bosnian Women

by Aida Vidan

Bosnian traditional ballads have intrigued many by their beauty and eloquence, from Goethe's poetic interest in them in the eighteenth century to the work of twentieth-century scholars such as Milman Parry and Albert Lord. These songs are now available to the English reader in a bilingual edition offering a selection of never before translated or published materials from Harvard University's Parry Collection. The forty oral ballads, many appearing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674011074
• ISBN13: 9780674011076
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.2"