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https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15291/sponde.5163
The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context
Enrico Davanzo
orcid.org/0009-0002-5120-9202
; D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara - University of Zadar
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* Corresponding author.
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APA 6th Edition
Davanzo, E. (2026). The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5 (1), 81-100. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
MLA 8th Edition
Davanzo, Enrico. "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol. 5, no. 1, 2026, pp. 81-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Davanzo, Enrico. "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts 5, no. 1 (2026): 81-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
Harvard
Davanzo, E. (2026). 'The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context', SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5(1), pp. 81-100. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263 (Accessed 26 August 2026)
Vancouver
Davanzo E. The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 August 26];5(1):81-100. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
IEEE
E. Davanzo, "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context", SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 81-100, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263. [Accessed: 26 August 2026]
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page 81-100
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APA 6th Edition
Davanzo, E. (2026). The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5 (1), 81-100. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
MLA 8th Edition
Davanzo, Enrico. "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol. 5, no. 1, 2026, pp. 81-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Davanzo, Enrico. "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts 5, no. 1 (2026): 81-100. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
Harvard
Davanzo, E. (2026). 'The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context', SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5(1), pp. 81-100. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263 (Accessed 26 August 2026)
Vancouver
Davanzo E. The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 August 26];5(1):81-100. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
IEEE
E. Davanzo, "The Black Corsair on the other shore of the Adriatic. Emilio Salgari's presence in the Croatian publishing context", SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 81-100, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263. [Accessed: 26 August 2026]
Abstract
This article aims to compare the adventure novels of the Italian writer Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) with the translations published by various Croatian publishing houses from the first half of the 20th century to the present. Salgari’s stories, focusing on exotic locations and eccentric heroes, succeeded in satisfying the Italian bourgeois public's desire for escapism, while the country was completing its process of national unification and starting its gradual colonial expansion. By analyzing the first translations of Salgari’s works into Croatian—in particular that of the 1898 novel The Black Corsair by Ivo Hergešić (1862-1911), which was published in 1932 in the popular book series Zabavna biblioteka (i. e., “The Entertaining Library”) —this text aims to examine how the different historical and social circumstances may have influenced both the strategies of translators and the policies of publishing houses in presenting Salgari's work to the Croatian readers. The article will also take into consideration the interest expressed in contemporary Croatia for Salgari’s lesser-known works, such as the science fiction novel The Wonders of the 21st Century (1907), which was translated by Franko Maglica for the Pula-based publisher Nebula in 2023.
Keywords
Emilio Salgari; translation; publishing; adventure fiction; escapist fiction
Hrčak ID:
349263
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/349263
Publication date:
14.7.2026.
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italian
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