These days in Ireland, Croatia is perhaps best known as a filming location for Game of Thrones and for its ‘party islands’ frequented by lads who model their lifestyle off the characters from Peaky Blinders. Needless to say, this astonishingly narrow view obscures a rich literary tradition (among many, many, many other things), and so in this piece I hope to introduce you to a brief chronological survey of Croatian language literature. A survey such as this is complicated by numerous factors. Most notably, South Slavic literature can be very difficult to find in English translation. Hugely significant nineteenth century … Continue reading An Introduction to Croatian Literature