The Polish swan triumphant : essays on Polish and comparative literature from Kochanowski to Norwid / by George Gömöri.

This present collection of George Gömöri's essays covers several centuries of Polish literature and its reception abroad. The first three essays are devoted to Jan Kochanowski, the greatest poet of the Polish Renaissance, followed by shorter pieces on Stefan Batory, King of Poland from 1576 to...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gömöri, George, 1934- (Author)
Other title:Essays. Selections (2013)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Summary:This present collection of George Gömöri's essays covers several centuries of Polish literature and its reception abroad. The first three essays are devoted to Jan Kochanowski, the greatest poet of the Polish Renaissance, followed by shorter pieces on Stefan Batory, King of Poland from 1576 to 1586, whom Montaigne thought to be 'one of the greatest princes of our age'. This is followed by a comparative essay on the Pole Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski and the Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi, both import ..
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages .)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1443854247
9781443854245
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.