Baroque poet and conspirator Fran Krsto Frankopan, known primarily for his anthology of poems, titled Gartlic za čas kratiti (A Garden in Which to Cheat Time) which he wrote around 1672 in prison due to his participation in the Magnate conspiracy. The work contains 108 poems of various influences, forms and themes, and originated a known proverb frequently used today.
Pavao Ritter Vitezović a prominent polymath and ideologue known for publishing and writing poetic and historiographical works, both in verse and in prose, most notably Croatia Rediviva (1700), Stemmatografia (1701) and Plorantis Croatiae saecula duo (1703). His earliest notable work is an 1684 epic poem Odiljenje sigetsko.
Ban of Croatia Petar Zrinski contributed to the literary activity by translating his brother Miklós Zrínyi's 1641 epic poem The Siege of Sziget into Croatian. The work represented the earliest revival of classical epic styles, predating John Milton's Paradise Lost by 15 years.