Pamflet na szwedzką królewnę jako źródło wiedzy o „szpetnej czarownicy”, czyli o Annie Wazównie
Satire on the Swedish Princess Anna Vasa Being a Source of Knowledge about „An Ugly Witch”
Author(s): Grzegorz OjcewiczSubject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Anna Vasa; parody; lampion; chronicle of Charles IX of Sweden; Sigismund III Vasa
Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes a piece of 17th century chronicle of Charles IX of Sweden and itsPolish translation done by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz. This fragment presented in a satire formconcerns critics of behavior and private life of Anna Vasa (1568–1625), a niece of the kingof Sweden. Both Old Swedish and Old Polish texts are valuable sources of information aboutthe Swedish princess as the information about her private life is very scarce. The analyzedsatire presents real and dubious facts (where the credibility is concerned) of the princess’sbiography.
Journal: Acta Neophilologica
- Issue Year: 1/2013
- Issue No: XV
- Page Range: 299-322
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Polish