This book features new translations of two iconic works of the Polish literary canon; namely, the Laments (1583) of Poland’s great Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski, and the lauded Crimean Sonnets of the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz, which have been retranslated here to celebrate the bicentennial of the work’s first publication in Russia. Both works describe a journey into what has been called “the abyss of the soul”—the former chronicling the poet’s profound grief over t...

Arguably the most authoritative English translation of Poland’s great national poem.Sometimes called the “last epos in world literature,” Pan Tadeusz (first published in Paris in 1834) is a classic tale of romance, mystery, war, and patriotism set in the turbulent Napoleonic era. The old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lies dismembered and erased from the political map of Europe by the great powers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. A brief ray of hope rekind...

Pan Tadeusz is an epic poem by the Polish-Lithuanian poet, writer and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz. The book was first published in June 1834 in Paris, and is considered by many to be the last great epic poem in European literature. The story takes place over the course of five days in 1811 and one day in 1812 at a point in Polish history, when Poland-Lithuania had already been divided between Russia, Prussia, and Austria and disappeared from the political map of Europe.

Explore Adam Mickiewicz, Poland’s National Poet, who was a leading figure of Romanticism, often likened to Byron and Goethe. Born in the Russian-partitioned territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Mickiewicz was active in the struggle to win independence for his homeland. His epic poem ‘Pan Tadeusz’ is celebrated as a masterpiece of European literature. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume p...

A new annotated translation in elegant English prose of this masterpiece of European Romantic literature. Pan Tadeusz is a classic tale of mystery, war and patriotism set in the turbulent Napoleonic era. First published in 1834 in Paris, it has been called "the last epos" in world literature. The old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lies dismembered, erased from the political map of Europe by the great powers of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. A brief ray of hope rekindles national hopes in 18...

Because the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz is so closely identified with the history of the Polish nation, one often reads him as an institution, rather than a real person. In the Crimean and Erotic Sonnets of the national bard, we are presented with the fresh, real, and striking poetry of a living, breathing man of flesh and blood. Mickiewicz proved to be a master of Petrarchan form. His Erotic Sonnets chronicle the development of a love affair from its first stirrings to its disillusioning de...

Forefathers’ Eve [Dziady] is a four-part dramatic work begun circa 1820 and completed in 1832 – with Part I published only after the poet’s death, in 1860. The drama's title refers to Dziady, an ancient Slavic and Lithuanian feast commemorating the dead. This is the grand work of Polish literature, and it is one that elevates Mickiewicz to a position among the “great Europeans” such as Dante and Goethe.With its Christian background of the Communion of the Saints, revenant spirits, ...

Warning: This ebook is written in PolishOdkryj niezwykły świat polskiej literatury z książką "Adam Mickiewicz" autorstwa Adama Mickiewicza! To fascynująca podróż przez życie i twórczość jednego z najwybitniejszych poetów romantyzmu. Poznaj inspirujące wiersze, głębokie refleksje oraz niezapomniane historie, które na zawsze zmieniły oblicze polskiej kultury. "Adam Mickiewicz" to idealna propozycja dla miłośników klasyki, studentów oraz wszystkich, którzy pragną zgłęb...

Les Grecs et les Romains, dans leurs histoires, nous avons transmis, en suffisance pour notre édification, les actes defemmes vertueuses et d'un cœur quasi viril. Notre Lithuanie, elle aussi, ne manquerait pas d'exemples,si quelqu'un voulait découvrir ce qui se passe rapidement et se rétracter d'un plume d'or: mais voyant, hélas! Il n'y a pas àchanter âme qui vive, j'ai pris à tâche, autant que moins que je puisse, alors vous présentez une courte légendetirée de...

The present translation of Pan Tadeusz is based on the editions of Biegeleisen (Lemberg, 1893) and Kallenbach (Brody, 1911). I have had constantly by me the German translation by Lipiner (ed. 2, Leipzig, 1898) and the French translation by Ostrowski (ed. 4, Paris, 1859), and am deeply indebted to them. The English translation by Miss Maude Ashurst Biggs (Master Thaddeus; or, The Last Foray in Lithuania: London, 1885) I did not have at hand until my own version was nearly complete; after th...

Because the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz is so closely identified with the history of the Polish nation, one often reads him as an institution, rather than a real person. In the Crimean and Erotic Sonnets of the national bard, we are presented with the fresh, real, and striking poetry of a living, breathing man of flesh and blood. Mickiewicz proved to be a master of Petrarchan form. His Erotic Sonnets chronicle the development of a love affair from its first stirrin...

Warning: This ebook is written in Polish"Zima miejska" Adama Mickiewicza to ponadczasowy klasyk polskiej literatury, który przenosi czytelnika w magiczny świat zimowego miasta. Zanurz się w niezwykłej atmosferze, gdzie śnieg pokrywa ulice, a codzienne życie nabiera wyjątkowego uroku. Ta poetycka opowieść zachwyca pięknem języka i głębią refleksji. Idealna lektura na długie zimowe wieczory, "Zima miejska" to must-have dla miłośników poezji i wielbicieli twórczości Mi...