Hvar City Theatre Days, Vol. 40 No. 1, 2014.
Original scientific paper
SHOULD WE BE READING MLADEN BARBARIĆ’S MANUSCRIPTS?
Helena Sablić-Tomić
; Faculty of philosophy in Osijek
Marina Jemrić
Abstract
Mladen Barbarić (1873-1936), born in Ilok, belonged to the Franciscan order and acted in accordance with his priestly duties as the abbot of Ilok’s Franciscan monastery, and was highly active in Ilok’s social life. Namely, at the begining of the 20th century, Barbarić founded a private, jolly society called »Tikvara«, which gathered reputable citizens of various trades from Ilok. This society was nominally based around fishing, but this wasn’t the case at all; its purpose was to allow its members to socialize. Their leisurely gatherings were further enriched with their own form of literary entertainment called Udica (fishhook); a magazine under the editorial purview of the abbot of Ilok’s Franciscan monastery, i.e. Mladen Barbarić himself. All of this is known from Barbarić’s autobiography, Tikvarija, which contains his memoirs as a manuscript, issues of Udica, and Barbarić’s handwritten poetry, dedicated to the so-called fisherman of Tikvara. The focus of this work is precisely those preserved manuscripts, which reveal a new side of Mladen Barbarić, who spent his leisurely afternoons having fun in good company, as well as his anacreontic handwritten poetry, which naturally alters our established views on the literary accomplishments of author from Srijem.
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122924
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Publication date:
30.4.2014.
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