Obrazy natury w relacjach z podróży królewicza Władysława Wazy do krajów Europy Zachodniej (1624–1625)
The Images of Nature in Prince Wladyslaw Vasa’s Reports on the Journey to West European Countries (1624−1625)

Author(s): Bernadetta Puchalska-Dąbrowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Wladislaw Vasa; relation; travel report; landscape; fauna; meteorological conditions; Stefan Pac; Jan Hagenaw; Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł; court culture; spectacle; peregrination
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the image of nature present in Prince Wladysław Vasa’s reports on his journey to West European countries (1624-1625) by Stefan Pac, Jan Hagenaw and Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł. The analysed texts concern meteorological conditions, the elements of the landscape and fauna. The authors of the reports also observe nature set into the objects of everyday use and nature “directed” by man and shown as part of court spectacles. The narrative techniques used by the writers are various and depend on their involvement and the appeal of the event.

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