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2014 | 4(9) | 413-431

Article title

Olimp i Polska. Religia w Stefanie Czarnieckim Kajetana Koźmiana

Content

Title variants

EN
Olympus and Poland. Religion in Kajetan Koźmian’s Stefan Czarniecki

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
Kajetan Koźmian (1771–1856) is a representative of the 19th century classicism called post-partition or Warsaw classicism. Similarly to other Polish and European poets, he made an attempt to create a national epic. His work titled Stefan Czarniecki is considered to be the first national epic. It was published in 1858 in Poznań. This monumental poem has 500 pages and almost 13 thousand verses. This ambitious classic writer from Piotrowice aspiredto become a national poet. He desired to follow two masters of literature, namely Virgil and Horace. Frankly, I think that Koźmian failed. He could not write a national epic and remain faithful to his ancient idols at the same time. This article analyses the reasons for this fiasco. Generally, they are the antinomies between Christian beliefs on the one hand, and Greek and Roman mythologies on the other.

Year

Issue

Pages

413-431

Physical description

Dates

published
2014

Contributors

  • Książnica Podlaska im. Łukasza Górnickiego w Białymstoku

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2299-8365

YADDA identifier

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