Petrarka spolszczony i nieznany
Petrarch in Polish and Petrarch Unknown

Author(s): Piotr Salwa
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: European classic; Italian lyricism; Petrarch; popularization; stereotypes
Summary/Abstract: The essay presents a concise review of Polish translations of Petrarch’s works and points out the biased vision they offer of the Italian poet’s accomplishments. Some of his Latin works have been translated only recently while the most important ones are still waiting for a Polish version and the famous Canzoniere is familiar to the Polish audience only in a relatively poor and highly stereotyped selection of love sonnets.

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