Epic literature

Hiljadu lotosa

A Thousand Lotuses (first edition 1971, several reprints) represents the first comprehensive anthology of Indian literature in South Slavic languages, covering the period from the most ancient times (Vedic period) to the 17th century.

Hrvatske narodne pjesme – Knjiga deveta: Junačke pjesme (odio prvi, sveska šesta)

A collection of heroic, historical, Krajina and Uskok folk songs edited by Dr. Nikola Andrić. The ninth book in the Matice hrvatska series brings together around 40 folk songs with motifs of struggle, defense of honor and heroism.

Hrvatske narodne pjesme – Knjiga osma: Junačke pjesme (odio prvi, sveska peta)

The eighth book in the series "Croatian Folk Songs" brings together Uskok and Hajduk folk songs edited by Dr. Nikola Andrić. The collection depicts battles, raids, revengeful exploits, and heroes of Croatian epic.

Izabrana epska djela

Fra Martin Nedić was the first Bosnian Illyrian, one of the fathers of the Illyrian movement, a leading intellectual of his time, a church diplomat, a Franciscan friar, a builder, an educator, a historian and a writer.

Izbor iz djela

Judita

Judita is an epic by Marko Marulić, written in 1501 and printed in 1521. It is considered the first artistic epic in the Croatian language. The work is written in the Chakavian dialect and in the double-rhymed twelve.

Judita

Judith is an epic poem by Marko Marulić, written in 1501 and printed in 1521. It is considered the first artistic epic in the Croatian language. The work is written in the Chakavian dialect and in doubly rhymed twelve-line stanza.

Judit / Judita

Marulić's epic Judith was translated and commented on by Marko Grčić, afterword by Josip Bratulić. Second, revised edition.

Narodne pjesme

The collection *Folk Songs*, published by SKD Prosvjeta, brings a selection of Serbian epic poems, especially the Kosovo cycle, and poems about Marko Kraljević and the heroes of the hajduk-uskok tradition, preserving the spirit of oral heritage.

Osman

Ivan Gundulić: Osman, a romantic epic in 20 cantos. The greatest work of Croatian Baroque literature about the conflict between Christianity and Islam, freedom and tyranny, with Mažuranić's cantos of the 14th and 15th cantos.