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TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

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CHAPTER ONE<br />

PART ONE<br />

CHAPTER ONE<br />

<strong>THE</strong> LIFE AND LITERARY CAREER <strong>OF</strong> <strong>MILOS</strong> <strong>CRNJANSKI</strong><br />

Introduction<br />

Milol Crnjanski is considered one of the most<br />

influential writers of this centurv to appear in Serbian<br />

literature. In the openin~<br />

to his extensive article on<br />

Crnjanski's poetrv and earlv work Radomir Konstantovi6<br />

wrote:<br />

Sa Crnjanskim. srpska kultura dolla je do<br />

puno~ izraza jednoc romantizma kakvo~<br />

dotle nije poznavala (1).<br />

With Crnjanski. Serbian culture achieved<br />

the full expression of a Romanticism<br />

which it had not known before.<br />

In both his prose and poetrv Crnjanski is associated<br />

with the introduction of new and innovative writinc in<br />

modern Serbi.n literature. His career spans over fiftv<br />

vears from his earlv poems published durinc the First<br />

World War to the appearance of his last novel. Roman 0<br />

Londonu. in 1971 (2).<br />

Such was his standinc that his<br />

notes for cert.in projects were collected to~ether<br />

after<br />

his de~th<br />

and published posthumouslv. particularlv the<br />

autobiocraphical Embahade and hi. work on<br />

Michelancelo. Knjic. e Mikel.n~elu (3). Crnj.nski<br />

1

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