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Book/Printed Material The Forest Traveler.

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Title

  • The Forest Traveler.

Summary

  • Georgi Rakovski (1821--67) was an important Bulgarian revolutionary and writer who was one of the leaders in the Bulgarian struggle against Ottoman rule. He lived a life of constant intrigue against the Ottomans, which at times included spying, imprisonment, escape from captivity, organizing rebellions, and surviving a sentence of death that was not carried out. Rakovski published several newspapers and wrote many works intended to inspire the Bulgarian people, including The Forest Traveler, one of the most famous ideological works of Bulgarian literature. Written while Rakovski was in hiding to avoid arrest by the Turks, The Forest Traveler is an epic poem about haiduts, Balkan mountain men who engaged in both banditry and freedom fighting. While depicting the situation of a group of haiduts, Rakovski also described the oppressed position of the Bulgarian people. His work had enormous significance for Bulgarians during the 19th century era of the National Revival, and to this day it forms a part of the Bulgarian national identity.

Names

  • Rakovski, Georgi Stoĭkov, 1821-1867 Author.

Created / Published

  • Novi Sad : Knigopechatniata na d-ra Danila Medakovicha, 1857.

Headings

  • -  Bulgaria
  • -  1854
  • -  Bulgarian poetry
  • -  Epic poetry, Bulgarian
  • -  Guerillas
  • -  Haiduks in literature
  • -  Narrative poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "The book is printed in civil script."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: vi, 7-288 pages ; 22 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • -  Content in Bulgarian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666569

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rakovski, Georgi Stoĭkov, Author. The Forest Traveler. Novi Sad: Knigopechatniata na d-ra Danila Medakovicha, 1857. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666569/.

APA citation style:

Rakovski, G. S. (1857) The Forest Traveler. Novi Sad: Knigopechatniata na d-ra Danila Medakovicha. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666569/.

MLA citation style:

Rakovski, Georgi Stoĭkov, Author. The Forest Traveler. Novi Sad: Knigopechatniata na d-ra Danila Medakovicha, 1857. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666569/>.