Judita
work by Marulić
Also known as: “Istoria sfete udovice Judit u versih harvacchi slozena”
Learn about this topic in these articles:
Croatian literature
- In Croatian literature
…Croatian Verses,” usually known as Judita), a plea for the national struggle against the Ottoman Empire; Hanibal Lucić, author of Robinja (“The Slave Girl”), the first South Slav secular play; Marin Držić, who wrote pastoral dramas and comedies portraying Renaissance Dubrovnik (his comedy Dundo Maroje, first performed about 1551, played
Read More
discussed in biography
- In Marko Marulić
…most important vernacular poem was Istoria sfete udovice Judit u versih harvacchi slozena (written 1501 and published in 1521; “The History of the Holy Widow Judith Composed in Croatian Verses”). The first printed Croatian literary work, Judita is an epic in six cantos in which Marulić sought by the example…
Read More