Kobieta w dawnej literaturze polskiej. Inspiracje, wzorce, twórczość
The Woman in Old Polish Literature. Inspirations, Patterns, Works

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the images of women in European culture and Old Polish Literature. The works devoted to women from the Middle Ages to Baroque focused on their social and political duties or artistic creation. The authors chosedifferent literary forms: chronicles, poems, epigrams, laments, odes, sonnets,or epic works. The created characters included: a saint, a beloved lady, a donnaangelicata, a hero of a chronicle or an autobiography. The works described theirlife, creative activity, or artistic aspirations. Some of them are panegyric poems,religious works, meditations, or love poetry. Women with an amazing sense ofobservation were discovering the space of literature and were participating ina world in its dynamic changes. They were excellent creators of humanisticand religious literature, referring to ancient tradition and European values.

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