POLISH LITERATURE
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18TH CENTURY POLISH LITERATURE


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INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS/WORKS


Anonymous -- "A Brave Pole on the Field of Mars" (A Song of the Bar Confederacy) (circa 1770)
list bullet   Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 395-399.
list bullet  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 300-301.



3 May 1791 Polish Constitution
list bullet & link  Trans. Christopher Kasparek. Polskie Konstytucje [Polish Constitutions].
list bullet  Poland's Constitution of May 3, 1791. Presidio of Monterey, CA: Defense Language Institute. 1985. Bilingual.



Józef Baka (1707-1780)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.



Konstancja Benisławska (1747-1806)
list bullet  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • "Calling on All Creatures to Praise God." 275-276.
  • "Midday Prayer." 276-277.


Wojciech Bogusławski (1757-1829)
list bullet  2 Songs from A Supposed Miracle or Cracovians and Mountaineers. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 305-307.



Franciszek Bohomolec (1720-1784)
list bullet  One Poem ("To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song") and an article from The Monitor. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • From The Monitor: 1765. 215.
  • "To Sir Gregory: A Drinking Song." 212-214.


Benedykt Chmielowski (1700-1763)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.



Franciszek Dmochowski (1762-1808)
list bullet & link  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

  • "Caste of Oycow." 185.
  • "Cracow's Environs." 185.


Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695-1765)
list bullet & link  "Pleas for the Improvement of Polish Morals." Trans. editors of The Sarmatian Review. The Sarmatian Review 13.3 (Sept. 1993).
list bullet  "On Proud Narcissus." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 206-208.
list bullet & link  "Spring." Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 80.



Teofila Glińska (circa 1765-1799)
list bullet  No English translations of her work appear to be in print at this time.



Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794)
list bullet  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • "My Song." 342.
  • "To the Nation." 343-344.

list bullet  "To the Nation." Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 503-507.


Franciszek Karpiński (1741-1825)
list bullet  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Paul Soboleski. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 509-521.

  • "Mazurka."
  • "Morning Song."
  • "On the Lord's Nativity."
  • "To Justyna: Yearnings in the Spring."

list bullet & link  4 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.
  • "Evening Hymn." 113-114.
  • "Morning Hymn.." 113.
  • "Peace that Virtue Brings." 115-116.
  • "Yearnings in the Spring." 114.

list bullet  7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.
  • "The Lament of a Sarmatian at the Tomb of Zygmunt August, the Last Polish King of the Jagiellonian Dynasty." 282-283.
  • "Mazurka." 284.
  • "Morning Song." 285.
  • "Night Song." 285.
  • "Recollection of Past Love: A Pastoral Song." 280-281.
  • "Song on the Birth of Our Lord." 286-287.
  • "To Justina. Longing in Spring." 280.

list bullet  "Laura and Filon": excerpt. Trans. not identified. The Polish Land: An Anthology in Prose and Verse. Ed. Marion Moore Coleman. Compiled by Klub Polski of Columbia University. Trenton, NJ: White Eagle Publishing. 1943. 97-98.


Jędrzej Kitowicz (1728-1804)
list bullet  2 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • Description of Customs During the Reign of August III: excerpts. 223-226.
  • "On the Polish King," excerpt from Diaries or Polish History. 216-222.


Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750-1807)
list bullet & link  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

  • "Eternity." 101.
  • "Religion." 101.
  • "A Reverie." 100-101.

list bullet  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 523-533.
  • "The Effect of Pleasure."
  • "The Looms."
  • "On Eliza."
  • "To the Stars."

list bullet  7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.
  • "The Looms: In a Pastoral Genre." 290.
  • "On Eliza." 294.
  • "Two Linden Trees." 292.
  • "To God." 293.
  • "To Love." 292-293.
  • "To the Stars." 288.
  • "To Whiskers." 291-292.


Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812)
list bullet  3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • Political Law of the Polish Nation: excerpt. 329-331.
  • "To Stanisław Małachowski, Crown Referendary, Speaker of the Sejm and of the General Confederation, Several Letters by the Anonym": excerpts. 319-322.
  • "To the Illustrious Deputation Appointed by the Sejm to Prepare the Draft Constitution of the Polish Government": excerpts. 323-328.


Stanisław Konarski (1700-1773)
list bullet  "On the Effective Method of Deliberating or On Upholding the Ordinary Sejms": excerpt. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 199-205.



Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801)
list bullet  3 Poems. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998.

  • "Caged Birds." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.
  • "The Lambs and the Wolves." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.
  • "The Master and the Dog." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. 825.

list bullet & link   7 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.
list bullet  11 Pieces. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter, David Welsh, and Gerard T. Kapolka. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 427-467.
list bullet & link  20 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.
list bullet  40 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 238-267.
list bullet  The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom. Trans. Thomas H. Hoisington. Evanston: Northwestern UP. 1992.
list bullet  "A Perfect Marriage." Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000. 324.
list bullet  Polish Fables. Trans. Gerard T. Kapolka. New York: Hippocrene. 1997. In English and Polish.
list bullet  The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom. Trans. Thomas Hoisington. Northwestern University Press. 1991.


Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland (1677-1766)
list bullet  The Advice of King Stanislaus Given to his Daughter the Queen of France: at Their Parting in August, 1725 . . .. Trans. unknown. Dublin: Thomas Walsh in Skinner Row. 1725.
list bullet  The History of Stanislaus I: King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Duke of Lorain and Bar, etc. To Which Is Added, A Relation of His Retreat from Dantzick: In a Letter to a Person of Distinction. Trans. unknown (Trans. from French). London: C. Davis and T. Astley. 1741.
list bullet  Lettre du Roi Stanislaw . . ., or A Letter from King Stanislaus, Written (in French) With His Own Hand, to a friend: . . .. Trans. Mr. Lockman. London: J. Roberts in Warwick Lane. 1734. In English and French.
list bullet  Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld [To Which Are Added Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus, King of Poland ...]. Trans. unknown. New York: W. Gowans. 1851. In microform at Brown University, Providence RI, USA.
list bullet  The Speech of Stanislaus to the Primate and Senators, on His Being Re-Elected King of Poland . . .. Trans. unknown. London: J. Isted. 1733.Evanston: Northwestern UP. 1992.



Anna Mostowska (circa 1762-circa 1833)
No English translations of her work appear to exist at this time.



Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796)
list bullet & link  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

  • "Constellation of Animals." 95-97.
  • "Who Is Foolish?" 97.

list bullet  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 407-425.
list bullet  6 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.
  • "Balloon." 231-233.
  • "Satire IV: The Corrupt Age." 233-235.
  • "Satire VI: The Gaunt Man of Letters": excerpt. 236-237.
  • "To a Sad Friend." 229.
  • "To the Stream." 227-229.
  • "Voice of the Dead": excerpt. 230-231.


Ossoliński, Józef Maksymilian (1748-1826)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.



Józef Pawlikowski (1767-1826)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.



Jan Potocki (1761-1815)
list bullet  The New Decameron: Further Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1967.
list bullet  Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Trans. Ian MacLean. New York: Penguin. 1996. [Also Viking. 1995]
list bullet  The Saragossa Manuscript. Dir. Wojciech J. Has. 1965.
list bullet  The Saragossa Manuscript. Trans. Roger Caillois and Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Avon. 1960.
list bullet  The Saragossa Manuscript: a Collection of Weird Tales. Trans. Elisabeth Abbott. New York: Orion Press. 1960. [Other editions include Cassell. 1962.   London: Icon Books. 1966.]
list bullet  Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript: (Ten Days in the Life of Alphonse Van Worden). Trans. Christine Donougher. Sawtry: Dedalus. 1990.



Wacław Rzewuski (1706-1779)
list bullet  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • "A Grove." 210-211.
  • "On the Equality of Earthly Happiness": excerpt. 209-210.


Stanisław Staszic (1755-1826)
list bullet  4 Prose selections. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • "Peasants' Lands or an Industrious Peasant" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 339-340.
  • Remarks on the Life of Jan Zamoyski, Chancellor and Grand Hetman of the Crown, Adapted to the Current Situation in the Polish Republic: excerpts. 334-335.
  • "Testament (written in Warsaw on September 20, 1824)." 341.
  • "To the Lords" from Warnings for Poland: excerpt. 336-339.


Stanisław Trembecki (circa 1739-1812)
list bullet  3 Poems. Trans. David Welsh. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 469-477.

  • "The Gardens of Powazki."
  • "The Sofiowska Estate."
  • "The Stag Contemplating Himself."

list bullet  5 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.
  • "A Deer Looking at Himself" from Some Fables from Aesop Translated When Possible in the Style of de La Fontaine. 273-274.
  • "Epithalamion for Dorant and Clymene, or United Love." 271-272.
  • "In the Album of Marcjanna K." 273.
  • "To Madame Kossowska When Dancing." 268-270.
  • "To Miss Tekla." 272.

list bullet & link  "Balloon." Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 153-154.
  "To Madame Kossowska When Dancing." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś on Jan Rybicki's Modern Polish Poetry website.


Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1755-1787)
list bullet & link  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

  • "My Wife." 147-148.
  • "What One Likes." 148-150.

list bullet  4 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.
  • "A Complaint of a Canon Against a Smith." 295.
  • "Every Man to His Taste." 296.
  • "A Letter to Rhymesters." 297-299.
  • "A Philosopher." 296-297.

list bullet  "On the Advantages of Being Poor"; excerpts. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 479-485.


Jan Paweł Woronicz (1757-1829)
list bullet & link  3 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

  • "From the Temple of the Sybil." 120-121.
  • "Love and Virtue." 121.
  • "The Poles." 121.


Józef Wybicki (1747-1822)
list bullet  2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • "The Song of the Polish Legions in Italy" [Dąbrowski's Mazurka]. 302-303.
  • Untitled. ["If one could in a few days . . ."]. 302.

  Lyrics to "Dąbrowski's Mazurka" (Polish National Anthem) in English and Polish; trans. not identified. Poland.pl.
list bullet  Jeszcze Polska nie zgnela (Poland's Soul Has Not Departed): Polish National Hymn [in E flat]. Trans. William J. Rose. London: Augener. 1939.
list bullet   "Poland Is Not Yet Lost." Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929. 201.


Franciszek Zabłocki (1752-1821)
list bullet  3 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

  • The Fop Suitor: excerpts. 311-317.
  • "On a Decree Authorizing an Army of One Hundred Thousand." 308.
  • "To the Assembled Estates." 310-311.

list bullet  "Denunciation" and "On What, to Some, is a Source of Pride." Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 487-491.


Andrzej Załuski (1702-1774)
list bullet  No English translations of his work appear to be in print at this time.





COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES

list bullet   Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989.

list bullet  Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Slavica Publishers. 1996.



LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

list bullet & link  Barańczak, Stanisław. "Enlightenment." From The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 3rd ed. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1993. Instytut Książki.

list bullet & link  Bates, John. "Artistic Movements in the Polish Lands (1750-1918)." School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Slavonic Studies, University of Glasgow.

list bullet  Braun, Kazimierz. A Concise History of Polish Theater from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries. Mellen Press. 2003.





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