Open AccessSlovenian 19TH Century literary responses to the Poetry of Lord Byron Byronism on the the Slovene Territory in the 19th century
Author(s) -
Igor Maver
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
futhark
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1886-9300
DOI - 10.12795/futhark.2011.i06.09
Subject(s) - poetry , monarchy , literature , history , empire , romance , politics , romanticism , classics , art , ancient history , law , political science
The article examines the influence of lord Byron's poetry through the translations into the Slovenian language in the 19th century. Byron is analyzed through the translations and cultural mediation of the poets dr. France Prešeren, Jovan Vesel Koseski and Josip Stritar, who all, particularly Prešeren, contributed to the development of the Slovenian Romantic Revival movement and Slovenian literature in its own right within the Habsburg and later the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Lord Byron's poetry enabled Slovenian poets and translators to articulate their own national/political identification within the multinational empire.