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| Writings on Fan S. Noli | ||
| 1 | An audience with Metropolitan Fan S. Noli | 5 |
| 2 | The funeral of Fan Noli (1882-1965) | 8 |
| 3 | In memoriam : Bishop Fan Noli | 11 |
| 4 | A great American of Albanian origin | 12 |
| 5 | Noli's opposition to the patriarchate of Istanbul | 14 |
| 6 | A study of Bishop Noli's address to the league of nations | 17 |
| Literary studies and critiques | ||
| 1 | A brief survey of Albanian literature | 27 |
| 2 | Literary criticism | 30 |
| 3 | The mysticism of Islam and Bektashism, by Bardhyl Pogoni | 36 |
| 4 | Trilogia Albanica, by Arshi Pipa | 39 |
| 5 | Chimes of the heart, by Xhevat Kallajxhi | 47 |
| 6 | Faik Konica, by Jup Kastrati | 50 |
| Portraits of people | ||
| 1 | In remembrance of Pjeter Bogdani (1689-1989) | 59 |
| 2 | Kostandin (Nini) Demo's 85th birthday | 63 |
| 3 | Gjon Mili - distinguished photographer in America | 66 |
| 4 | Mili speaks at M.I.T | 68 |
| 5 | Mother Teresa - renowned Albanian Nun is welcomed in Boston | 70 |
| 6 | In memory of Hamdi Kerciku (1904-1978) | 72 |
| 7 | In memory of Prof. Skender Luarasi (1900-1982) | 74 |
| 8 | Melhem Mobarak - friend of Albania | 77 |
| 9 | Louis M. Prifti - fighting son of Borova | 81 |
| 10 | Odile Daniel - devoted French scholar of Albanian studies | 87 |
| 11 | Nermin Vlora Falaschi's scholarly work | 91 |
| 12 | In memoriam : Xhevat Kallajxhi (1904-1989) | 94 |
| 13 | Reminiscences of Prof. Peter Terpatsi (1932-2002) | 97 |
| Book reviews | ||
| 1 | Scanderbeg - eagle of Albania, by Charles Ewert | 103 |
| 2 | Skanderbeg as seen by American poet Clement C. Moore | 106 |
| 3 | Ismail Kemal Bey Vlora, by Renzo Falaschi | 109 |
| 4 | F. S. Noli, standard bearer of the nation, by Eduard Lico (Ed.) | 113 |
| 5 | King Zog and the struggle for stability in Albania, by Bernd Jurgen Fischer | 117 |
| 6 | Anglo-American relations with Albania (1912-1955), by William Bland and Ian Price | 123 |
| 7 | Stalinist economic strategy in practice : the case of Albania, by Adi Schnytzer | 128 |
| 8 | Albania of the nineties : a U.N. view | 130 |
| 9 | Kosova - in light of historical documents, by S. S. Juka | 138 |
| 10 | Studies on Kosova, Arshi Pipe and Sami Repishti (Eds.) | 142 |
| 11 | The Saga of Kosovo, by Alex N. Dragnich, and Slavko Todorovich | 145 |
| 12 | Relationship between Yugoslavia and Albania, Ranko Petkovic (Ed.) | 147 |
| 13 | The forbidden people, by Rexhep Qosja | 153 |
| 14 | Foreign police spying on U.S. Albanians, by "the investigator" | 159 |
| 15 | Red cross - black eagle, by Joan Fultz Kontos | 163 |
| 16 | Magic, myths, and popular beliefs, by Antonio Bollusci | 165 |
| 17 | The mysticism of Islam and Bektashizm, by Baba Rexheb | 168 |
| 18 | Diary of a wounded heart : 1937-1975, by Prenk Gruda | 171 |
| 19 | The messenger, Museum of Shkoder | 178 |
| 20 | Albanian literature, by Namik Ressuli | 183 |
| 21 | Bloodthirsty vipers and other stories, by Adem Demaci | 188 |
| 22 | Albanian grammar, by Martin Camaj | 192 |
| 23 | Basic Albanian etymologies, by Martin E. Huld | 195 |
| Cultural notes | ||
| 1 | A glimpse of pre-Christian Albania | 201 |
| 2 | Boston Albanians celebrate America's bicentennial | 204 |
| 3 | Society for Albanian studies founded in America | 207 |
| 4 | 25th anniversary of Koha e Jone quarterly | 209 |
| 5 | A look at Albanian social greetings | 212 |
| Translations of Albanian poetry and prose | ||
| 1 | Vaso Pasha, Albania | 218 |
| 2 | Naim Frasheri, Herds and pastures (excerpt) | 224 |
| 3 | Fan S. Noli, By the river banks | 226 |
| 4 | Mother Teresa (Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), goodbye | 230 |
| 5 | Xhevat Kallajxhi, the dance of death | 234 |
| 6 | Two pretty ones (folklore) | 240 |
| 7 | Scanderbeg's speech to the warriors and people of Croya | 245 |
| 8 | Fan S. Noli, the return of George Castrioti to Croya | 248 |
| 9 | Speech of Ismail Kemal (1912) | 250 |
| 10 | Fan S. Noli, speech to the League of Nations, Geneva (1924) | 252 |
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James Hay
reviewed Unfinished Portrait of a Country on May 15, 2020 Unfinished Portrait of a Country
If you've ever wondered what the ivory tower of literature looks like and how it sees itself from the inside, this book is exactly what you need. "The World Republic of Letters" concerns itself with literary fiction, authors who end up in the canon of literature and the consecration of authors by higher critical instances.
This is not to say that Pascale Casanova looks down on popular fiction and/or genres - they simply aren't part of the scope of this book. They aren't even mentioned. (I'm not blaming, I'm explaining)
"The World Republic of Letters" is also an intensely, painfully French book. You can tell, because France is the first country to write in the vernacular (after Italy, which doesn't count), and it's always set the cultural tone, translated intensely, consecrated great authors such as Joyce or Faulkner. When other literary centers appeared, they set out to oppose France. If this book were called: "The World Republic of Letters: How France Has Set the Cultural Tone for the Past Few Centuries", it would be appropriate.
Because Paris is obviously the center of the literary universe, other literary traditions (such as, say, the Japanese and Chinese ones) are deemed to be isolated and not to count much. I'm sure the Japanese would be quite amused to hear that, considering their tradition, which is nothing to sneeze at.
So. I've mentioned what Pascale Casanova's book is not about (popular fiction; fiction not touched by France). Let's discuss what it is about.
When you have a great cultural center acknowledged by everyone as such, says Casanova, it tends to become a sort of Greenwhich meridian. It sets the tempo of culture, it decides what is modern and good, and what is not. Everyone else is turning towards it, to see what has been left behind and what is provincial. Authors in other literary zones can aspire towards it and try to copy it; or they might revolt against it in order to build their own, national literature; or they might come to the center because they are underappreciated in their native lands, and they might become consecrated there.
Not being a part of the center is a sort of tension which needs to be resolved, especially for authors in emerging literary zones - do they betray their people and become 'modern'? Do they try to do the politically right thing and build on the basis of their own literature?
Well, those who decide to become international rather than national meet in cultural centers (such as Paris, never forget Paris) and influence each other there. Their struggles are similar, so why wouldn't their solutions be?
It's an interesting book overall, especially if one is overly concerned with the politics of writing and ending up in the canon. It's somewhat stranger when you're on the outside of the ivory tower, looking in.
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