Serbian Folk Tales : translated from serbian Timothy John Byford

The works of Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), extensive and versatile, are essential when defining our national language and the literature written in our national language. As an author, he described national life, national customs and the history of the Serbian people. He was born in the village of Tršić near Loznica into a family which, in the first half of the 18th century, had come from old Herzegovina, where folk songs and other oral conceptions had been fostered. Collecting together national brainchildsThe works of Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), extensive and versatile, are essential when defining our national language and the literature written in our national language. As an author, he described national life, national customs and the history of the Serbian people. He was born in the village of Tršić near Loznica into a family which, in the first half of the 18th century, had come from old Herzegovina, where folk songs and other oral conceptions had been fostered. Collecting together national