Abstract
This paper is focusing on the use of motifs from Croatian early medieval history in Nazor’s topical collection of poetry entitled Hrvatski kraljevi (The Kings of the Croats). Hrvatski kraljevi functions perfectly within its Zeitgeist, as Nazor’s way to re-create Croatian historical memory and distribute it as ‘poetical knowledge’ to the readers. The metaphor of blut und boden, strongly showing throughout this topical
collection of poetry, constructs and embodies continuity with the past, and boosts the sense of national unity in Nazor’s present(s). For Nazor’s generation of Croatians, medieval Croats were tremendously important symbols used to draw and develop a Croatian historical ‘genealogy’ in order to position the Croatians amongst European nations of the time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 89-100 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Croatian Studies Review |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | international conference recenzirani radovi s međunarodnog znanstvenog skupa - Postira, Croatia, Postira Duration: 10 May 2010 → 11 May 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Publisher 2011. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- Vladimir Nazor
- medieval
- The Kings of the Croats/ Hrvatski kraljevi