A Comprehensive Bibliography of Yugoslav Literature in English, 1593-1980. by Vasa D.Mihailovich; Mateja MatejicReview by: Biljana Sljivic-SimsicSlavic Review, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Autumn, 1985), p. 595Published by:Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2498080 .

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A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YUGOSLAV LITERATURE IN ENG- LISH, 1593-1980. By Vasa D. Mihailovich and Mateja Matejic. Columbus' Ohio: Slavica, 1984. xii, 586 pp. $24.95.

In 1976 Slavica published Yugoslav Literature in English (1821-1975), a pioneering bib- liographical work in the field of Yugoslav studies compiled by Vasa D. Mihailovich and Mateja Matejic. The book immediately became an indispensable tool for all students of Yugoslav literature in English-speaking countries. The volume under review represents an enlarged and updated version of the 1976 edition. Besides the recent works published between 1975 and 1980, it also includes a number of new entries for the period before 1976. Furthermore, it establishes the fact that the earliest known English-South Slavic literary contacts go back as far as the turn of the seventeenth century, when Thomas Lodge translated four sonnets by Ludovik Paskvalic, a poet from the Bay of Kotor area (1593), and Richard Knolles commented on Serbo-Croatian folk poetry in The General History of the Turkes (London, 1603).

A new preface and an expanded list of common abbreviations precede the same three major parts which formed the main body of the earlier volume: "Translation," "Criti- cism," and "Indices." Within each part the compilers have made changes in the order of presentation, in some cases improving on the previous edition. For example, the consec- utive numbering of the entries is very useful; most of the inconsistencies in alphabetization found in the earlier edition have been straightened out, and misprints have been corrected. (Hamza Humo, however, has remained misspelled as Hanza.) A few new (computer?) errors were also spotted: the entry on Franicevic Marin (1911-) should have been omitted from p. 75 because it also appears on p. 74, where it belongs. Several lines at the bottom of p. 34, including the entry on Wratislaw, Albert Henry, are erroneously repeated on p. 35.

Some of the changes in the structure of the book are not for the better, however. I prefer the more practical division into "Books" and "Articles" in part 1 of the earlier edition to the new, integrated, version, which combines books and articles. The elimi- nation of the indexes "Editors, Critics and Reviewers" (part 3/5 of the 1976 edition) and "Translators" (part 3/6) is particularly regrettable. These indexes provided excellent in- formation on the most active editors, reviewers, and translators and on the areas of interest of specific scholars in the field of Yugoslav literary studies in the English-speaking world. Apparently the size of the volume forced the compilers to eliminate these useful sections. It is to be hoped that this is only a temporary solution. The next edition will require two volumes, and the two missing indexes should then be reintroduced.

Errors and technical details aside, the scope of the volume is remarkable. The num- ber of new entires in parts 1 and 2 is truly impressive. Several important anthologies of Yugoslav literature in English have appeared between 1975 and 1980, all of which have been systematically analyzed. The bibliography also reflects the many translations into English of works by Macedonian authors published during this period. Finally, the com- pilers were able to include items omitted from the earlier volume. The bibliography is now a truly comprehensive one. The compilers should be congratulated for their enormous effort, patience, and dedication. The new volume is strongly recommended to all those who are involved in the study of Yugoslav literature.

BILJANA SLJIVIC-SIMSIC University of Illinois at Chicago

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