Bosnian Authors in a European Window

This study incisively places the most important Bosnian writers of the 20th century in the European literary context comparing the poet Mak Dizdar to Homer, the novelist Meša Selimovi¿ to Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the novelist and Nobel Prize winner of literature, Ivo Andri¿ to Leo Tolstoy.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Homer and Mak Dizdar
1. The Greek Spirit and Pious Irony in the Poetry of Mak Dizdar
2. Mak Dizdar's Over-Writing of Homer's Odyssey: A Bloomian Analysis of a Bosnian Poet
3. The Literary Interpretation of Mak Dizdar's Poem, "Blue-Violet River"
Part II. Fyodor Dostoevsky and Meša Selimovi¿
4. Comparing Meša Selimovi¿'s Dervish and Fyodor Dostoevsky's Underground Man
5. The Drama of Double-Voiced Discourse in the Prose Writing of Meša Selimovi¿ and Fyodor Dostoevsky
Part III. Leo Tolstoy and Ivo Andri¿
6. Scapegoating and Martyrdom in the Works of Ivo Andri¿ and Leo Tolstoy
7. Heroines' Suicides in the Works of Ivo Andri¿ and Leo Tolstoy with Genevieve Tripp
8. Theorizing History in the Works of Ivo Andri¿ and Leo Tolstoy
9. The Idealization of Women in the Novels of Ivo Andri¿ and Leo Tolstoy with Genevieve Tripp
Conclusion: The Case for Comparative Literature: Constructing Amitiés
Index

About the author

Keith Doubt has authored literary essays on the works of William Shakespeare, Ivo Andri¿ and Meša Selimovi¿, and books on the cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the impact of the war on this cultural heritage.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Doubt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032619699
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261969-9
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Routledge Focus on Literature
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Eastern Europe, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Regional Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern