BOŽIDAR PETRANOVIĆ AND THE EMERGENCE OF PERIODICALS IN SERBIAN IN THE PROVINCE OF DALMATIA

Abstract

Božidar Petranović belongs to a group of prominent actors as regards to the 19th-century Serbian culture in the province of Dalmatia (part of the present-day Croatia). Although his social engagement is versatile (among other things, he was a law attorney, a writer, a literary historian, a translator, a deputy in the parliament, a creator of legal documents, and a historian), one of his most notable contributions would be the establishment and subsequent editing of a journal entitled Srpsko-dalmatinski magazin, the first publication dealing with Serbian literature in Dalmatia, whose influence was felt far beyond the imagined borders. For that reason, this paper is focused on the editorial, cultural, and literary engagement of Božidar Petranović among the Serb population in Dalmatia, especially as regards to the aforementioned journal.