Literature of Janez Evangelist Krek

On the anniversary of his death

Abstract

The personality of Janez E. Krek combines two competitive components, the social-political and literary-aesthetic, which have so far escaped scholarly attention. Krek tended to be productive in all main three literary genres: storytelling, drama, and poetry. Albeit not able to bring his literary writings to perfection, he accomplished in all three genres both an ideational depth and excellent aesthetic effects. Special mention ought to be made of the novel Iz nove dobe, his last play Ob vojski, and the patriotic poem Naša je ljubezen stalna….