"Sumnja je u mislima mojim". O izabranoj ratnoj lirici Miroslava Krleže: Drugačiji smjer

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Miroslav Krleža authored several poem cycles at the time of the global bloodbath that was World War I, in which he described Croatia in the period 1914–1918, the pain and suffering of ordi­nary Croatian people at home and on foreign battlefields, and, finally and perhaps most importantly, his own personal feelings about the war and its aftermath. However, these poems, in which the bloody events of the war are the predominant theme, were not the only work Krleža produced in the period in question. Even though Krleža himself participated in this dreadful busi­ness of war, as much as it clashed with his views and principles, he was prolific as a writer at the same time. His work Simfonije (Symphonies), the culmination of the poet’s lyrical enthusiasm for nature and life, was written ain this period. As much as the mood of Krleža, the author of Simfonije differs from the mood of Krleža, the war poet, his characteristic wealth of vocabulary and the resonance and dynamic quality of his verses, and especially the power of his imagery, make it clear that they were penned by the same man. In other words, all his works share a deep organic bond that extends beyond content, setting and characters, also encompassing the author’s subjective expressions and moods, and are distinguishable and classifiable only by the genre they belong to.

This paper examines and interprets a selection of Miroslav Krleža’s war poetry in an effort to re-evaluate, review and under­stand Krleža’s social engagement during World War I.