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  • Laments

    by Jan Kochanowski ...
    Translated by Dorothea Prall ...

    $6.99 CAD

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    Poetry, Drama, Prose

    by Jan Kochanowski ...
    Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski ...
    Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is not only the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, he is also one of the great figures of the European Renaissance. Over the space of his rather brief life, he excelled in every literary genre he attempted: secular lyric poetry and religious hymns, drama, pithy satires in the vein of Martial, and translations from both the Bible and classical literature. While ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Laments

    by Jan Kochanowski ...
    Jan Kochanowski (1530-84) was the greatest poet of Poland during its existence as an independent kingdom. His Laments are his masterpiece, the choicest work of Polish lyric poetry before the time of Mickiewicz. ... Read more

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  • The Abyss of the Soul

    Two Jewels in the Crown of Polish Verse

    Translated by Christopher Adam Zakrzewski ...
    by Adam Mickiewicz, Jan Kochanowski ...
    Series series Cherry Orchard Books
    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 ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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