TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER ONE
While in exile Crn~anski
published a collection or
some or his earlier poetr~ in Paris in 1954 (88). His
two novels Dnevnik 0 earno~evi6u and Seobe were
published in Yucoslavia in 1956 (89). a sian or the
erowine rehabilitation or Crn~anski's
reputation as a
writer at home.
A new plav. Konak. about the murder
of Kine Alexander and his wife Draaa in 1903 was
published (90).
A new poem. "Lament nad Beoaradom". was
published in 1962 in Knjilevne novine (91).
Most of
his orieinal post-war works can be divided into
autobioaraphical works and novels.
The autobioeraphical
writines are to be round in Itaka i komentaFi. '
coverina his earl~ years. Kod Rvperbore~aca. and the
posthumous Imbahade (92).
Kod H¥perbore~aca
contains a mixture· of eenres (93). but is,based on his
memories of his experiences as a press attach' in the
Yueoslav embassy in Rome durine the,~ears
leadine up to
the Second World War.
Interwoven into the text are a
number of references to a t~ip
he made to Spitzberaen. a
few ~ears before his postine to Rome~ There is a
oomplex temporal .truoture in Whioh he write. &~out 1939
to 1941 in Rom. from th.vantac. point of 1965. and of
1937 in Spitzbep.en ,pom the vanta •• point 0' 1939 to
1941. Howevep. the mixtup. 0' 'act and 'antasy is
dominated by the autobiocraphical nature of the wopk
whioh exolude. it f~om thi •• tud~. Imbahade il
oonta1ned in two volume. wh10h cove. in tou~
pa~t.
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