Adam Mickiewicz

Broschiertes Buch

Conrad Wallenrod

A Historical Poem, Founded On Events In The Annals Of Lithuania And Prussia (1841)

Beschreibung

Conrad Wallenrod: A Historical Poem, Founded On Events In The Annals Of Lithuania And Prussia is a book written by Adam Mickiewicz in 1841. The book is a historical poem that tells the story of a Lithuanian nobleman named Conrad Wallenrod. The story is set in the 14th century and is based on real events that took place in Lithuania and Prussia. The poem follows Wallenrod as he joins the Teutonic Knights, a military order that was active in the region at the time. Wallenrod becomes a leader of the Knights and uses his position to seek revenge against the Lithuanians who killed his family. However, as the story unfolds, Wallenrod begins to question his loyalty to the Knights and his desire for revenge. The book is considered a masterpiece of Polish literature and is known for its exploration of themes such as national identity, loyalty, and betrayal. It has been translated into many languages and is still widely read today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) is the national poet of Poland. He was successful in every genre at which he tried his hand, setting the benchmark for excellence in poetry, prose and drama for all the writers that came after him. His lyric poems, collected in Ballads and Romances [Ballady i romanse, 1822], ushered in the Romantic Movement in Polish literature. His Erotic and Crimean Sonnets [Sonety mi¿osne and Sonety krymskie, 1826] form one of the most accomplished cycles in that demanding form since Petrarch. His narrative poems, Konrad Wallenrod (1828) and Gräyna (1823), reveal his sustained mastery with longer poetic genres. Mickiewicz's epic in twelve cantos, Pan Tadeusz (1834), is universally recognized as Poland's national epic, as well as the last Vergilian epic written in Europe.Prose occupies a rather minor niche in Mickiewcz's corpus of writings. The quasi-Biblical Books of the Polish Nation and Polish Pilgrimage [Ksi¿gi narodu i pielgrzymstwa polskiego, 1832] put the English reader in mind of a more practicable William Blake. With their socially and politically-applied Christianity, Mickiewicz had an appreciable influence on the thought of his friend, Lammenais. Finally, his Cours de litte¿rature slave professe¿ au Colle¿ge de France, delivered during his exile in Paris, and published posthumously in 1860, is one of the first balanced and comprehensive accounts of the Slavic traditions in literature and culture to meet Western eyes.It is impossible to assess the importance of Adam Mickiewicz to the Polish consciousness. During the period of the Partitions, which lasted from 1795 until 1918, Poles looked to Mickiewicz for the guidance that political figures could not supply them. He died in exile, trying to raise troops in Turkey for the Polish independence struggles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781104086978
• ISBN-10: 1104086972
• Artikelnr.: 26118758