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Jan Maria Plojhar is a Czech novel, written by Julius Zeyer. Written in late 1887 and early 1888, it was first published in 1891.[1][2]
It is a tragedy about a Czech poet living abroad in Greece and Italy, who is incurably ill with tuberculosis after a chest wound suffered in a duel.[1][2] In an effort to find a muse, the protagonist, Jan Maria Plojhar, has affairs with three women, including a married Romanian called Mrs Dragopulos, described as a femme fatale, and a prostitute called Gemma.[3]
Czech history is also a theme of the novel, and Plojhar is used as a symbol of the Czech state.[2][4]
Brusak, K. (1969). "Zeyer, Julius". In Thorlby, Anthony (ed.). The Penguin Companion to Literature. Vol. 2 (European Literature). Penguin Books. p. 838. ISBN9780140510355.
