Zagadki Spitamegeranomachii, czyli o komentarzu edytorskim do poematu Jana Achacego Kmity
Editorial issues of Spitamegeranomachia by Jan Achacy Kmita

Summary/Abstract: The paper Editorial issues of “Spitamegeranomachia” by Jan Achacy Kmita is a piecemeal report on the work on the two-part publication “Spitamegeranomachia” of Jan Achacy Kmita – edition..., which appeared in the journal “Meluzyna. Dawna literatura i kultura” (2017). The new edition of the poem was based on the first print (1595) and its nineteenth-century re-edition (1897). The editorial contributions of Aleksander Brückner and Jacek Sokolski were also used. The article illustrates the difficulties that were overcame during the commenting of the text and indicates at the same time the lack of the poem’s more extensive study of the genre structure in the known literature. It is qualified as a heroicomic but also as an allusive or satirical-political poem.

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