A Guide to the Heavens The Literary Reception of Herman Hugo's Pia Desideria in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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This is the first monographic study of the reception of Herman Hugo's emblem book Pia desideria (1624) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It discusses ten different translations and adaptations, showing how the engravings, elegies and exegetical extracts of the original edition were used by Polish-speaking authors. Attention is also given to the reception of the engravings in paintings. Furthermore, the author examines the reasons for the book's popularity, proving that it was determined by the interest of women who did not know Latin, yet constituted the most important target group for the numerous and varied Polish adaptations.

Info autore

Radoslaw Grześkowiak (1968), Titular Professor, University of Gdańsk, Institute of Polish Philology, literary historian (author of three books) and academic publisher (author or co-author of seventeen editions) specialising in the study of Polish Renaissance and Baroque poetry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Radoslaw Grze&347;kowiak, Grze&
• Editore: Brill
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 26.10.2023
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918
• EAN: 9789004547377
• ISBN: 978-90-04-54737-7
• Numero di pagine: 146
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 23.1 x 1 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 259 g
• Serie: Brill Research Perspectives in
• Categorie: Geschichte, Polen, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literature - Classics / Criticism, HISTORY / Renaissance, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, ART / Techniques / Printmaking, Religiöse und zeremonielle Motive in der Kunst, 17. Jahrhundert (ca. 1600 bis ca. 1699), 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1500 bis ca. 1599)