Literacki wizerunek Barbary z Bielińskich Kossowskiej
A Literary Image of Barbara Kossowska, née Bielińska

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to picture a literary image of Barbara Kossowska, née Bielińska, a lady of the times of Stanisław August Poniatowski, famous for her beauty. The heroine of the study was largely recalled as an addressee of the poem “Do Kossowskiej w tańcu” (“To Kossowska in Her Dance”) that raised researchers’ interest mainly due to the author’s attribution. Regardless of it, she was referred to because of her husband, Roch Kossowski, a grand royal undertreasurer. The authoress of the article depicts the many incarnations of Barbara Kossowska shaped by panegyrists and lampoon writers.

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