Lightning from the Depths: An Anthology of Albanian Poetry

by Robert Elsie

Book Overview

If a people

Have no poets

And no poetry of their own

For a National Anthology

Then treachery and barking

Will do the trick

With these words, a challenge is laid down in this new volume of Albanian poetry. Albania, however, has a dynamic tradition of literature. Lightning from the Depths is the first English collection to present the full range of Albanian verse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810124637
• ISBN13: 9780810124639
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"