Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić as the “Queen of the Midwife Poetry”

Abstract

The article analyzes the publication circumstances of two works by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, published during the 1920s; Radosna majka dobra pjestinja (eng. joyous mother, good nanny) (1924) and Dječja čitanka o zdravlju (eng. children’s health textbook) (1924), which have not received much attention in previous research. Both booklets were commisioned, and the first was a translation in verse of an unknown German author. Both publications provide the pragmatic, practical health and hygiene-related guiadance. The article interpretes and analyzes the booklets with respect to the author’s ouevre.