The Highland Wreath - Petar Petrović Njegoš

The Highland Wreath remains timeless, cherished as one of the greatest achievements of Serb literature as a whole. His largely decasyllabic epic drama, expressed in the traditional meter of Serb folk poetry presents a panoramic rendering of Montenegrin society at the end of the 17th century: sharply divided, and threatened by foreign military and spiritual rule. For, seeking to uphold their traditional worship of freedom, courage, and honor, passed on to them by their stern, Sparta