The material and synopsis for Rastko Petrovic’s historical novel on the renaissance

Abstract

Rastko Petrovic?s last manuscripts, related to his work on a historical novel about the Renaissance, are kept at the Endowment of Ljubica Lukovic, home to the Rastko and Nadezda Petrovic Collection. The preserved synopsis is of special importance as it reveals the author?s creative idea and poetic assumptions. The author?s oeuvre is marked by a continued interest in the Renaissance, which is central to the last phase of his creative work as an ?migr? in the USA. The examination of the manuscript and synopsis reveals Petrovic?s thoughts on the Renaissance as he endeavoured to become an American author.