In the years 1863-1889 the esteemed philologist Fran Miklošič published several studies on Serbian, i.e. South Slavic oral literature and heroic poetry. In the most important and often cited essay Die serbische Epik (1-23, Wien 1863) he summarised and extended Predgovor (V-XXVIII, Leipzig 1823) written by his friend Vuk Karadžič. In this way Miklošič placed Vuk Karadžič's literary-historical findings in a German and European context.
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