THE AUSTRIAN-TURKISH WAR (1788–1791), SERBIAN ETHNIC SPACE, NORTHERN CROATIAN WAR LITERATURE

Abstract

In this paper several works from the late 18^th-century Northern Croatian literature are analyzed describing the Austrian-Turkish War (1788–1791). Specifically, it examines Pisma od uzetja Turske Gradiške iliti Berbira Grada (1789) by Antun Ivanosic; Nestrančno vezdašnjega tabora ispisivanje (1789, 1790, 1791) by Juraj Malevac; and Ispisanje rata turskoga pod Josipom Cesarom II (1792) by Blaz Bosnjak. These are the chronicles in verse of the war fought in the Bosnian Krajina (a term used since 1878), primarily in Bosanska Gradiska (i.e., Berbir Grad), as well as in Banja Luka, Bihac, and later in the Belgrade Pashalik. This paper explores the presence of Serbs in these works from both historical and literary perspectives.