his travelogue "from lika" was published in kušlan's magazine "slavenski jug" on 22 october 1848. he wrote four plays in the period 1851-52, but only the "village prophet" has been preserved. his translation of anacreon from ancient greek was published in "danica" in 1853. his critical review (1855) of đurđević's "pjesni razlike" was described by the croatian literary historian branko vodnik as "our first genuine literary essay about older dubrovnik literature". his opus shows an affinity with practical philosophy, which he calls "the science of life". as josip horvat said: "his literary work from 1849 to the end of 1853 made ante starčević the most prolific and original croatian writer along with mirko bogović."