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The Abyss of the Soul

Two Jewels in the Crown of Polish Verse

Translated by Christopher Adam Zakrzewski ...

by Adam Mickiewicz, Jan Kochanowski ...

Series series Cherry Orchard Books
This book features new translations of two iconic works of the Polish literary canon; namely, the Laments (1583) of Poland’s great Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski, and the lauded Crimean Sonnets of the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz, which have been retranslated here to celebrate the bicentennial of the work’s first publication in Russia. Both works describe a journey into what has been called ... Read more

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This book features new translations of two iconic works of the Polish literary canon; namely, the Laments (1583) of Poland’s great Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski, and the lauded Crimean Sonnets of the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz, which have been retranslated here to celebrate the bicentennial of the work’s first publication in Russia. Both works describe a journey into what has been called
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Laments

Enriched edition. Elegiac reflections on loss and life in Renaissance Polish poetry

by Jan Kochanowski, Ethan Carlisle ...

Translated by Dorothea Prall ...

Jan Kochanowski's "Laments" is a poignant collection of poetic elegies that delve into the profound grief and existential contemplation following the death of the author'Äôs beloved daughter, Urszula. Written in the Renaissance era, this work showcases Kochanowski's masterful use of the Polish language, blending classical influences with deeply personal and emotive subject matter. The lyrical ... Read more

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Jan Kochanowski's "Laments" is a poignant collection of poetic elegies that delve into the profound grief and existential contemplation following the death of the author'Äôs beloved daughter, Urszula. Written in the Renaissance era, this work showcases Kochanowski's masterful use of the Polish language, blending classical influences with deeply personal and emotive subject matter. The lyrical
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Laments

by Jan Kochanowski ...

Translated by Dorothea Prall ...

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Poetry, Drama, Prose

by Jan Kochanowski ...

Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski ...

Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is not only the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, he is also one of the great figures of the European Renaissance. Over the space of his rather brief life, he excelled in every literary genre he attempted: secular lyric poetry and religious hymns, drama, pithy satires in the vein of Martial, and translations from both the Bible and classical literature. While ... Read more

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Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is not only the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, he is also one of the great figures of the European Renaissance. Over the space of his rather brief life, he excelled in every literary genre he attempted: secular lyric poetry and religious hymns, drama, pithy satires in the vein of Martial, and translations from both the Bible and classical literature. While
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Laments

by Jan Kochanowski ...

Jan Kochanowski (1530-84) was the greatest poet of Poland during its existence as an independent kingdom. His Laments are his masterpiece, the choicest work of Polish lyric poetry before the time of Mickiewicz. ... Read more

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Jan Kochanowski (1530-84) was the greatest poet of Poland during its existence as an independent kingdom. His Laments are his masterpiece, the choicest work of Polish lyric poetry before the time of Mickiewicz.
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The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of William Shakespeare

Edited by Max Morris ...

“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit,” said the world’s greatest and most preeminent English writer of all time, William Shakespeare.Have you ever wanted to quote the most quoted writer in the English language? Deliver the most inventive and debasing Shakespearean insult (“Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!”)? Recite titillating love poetry like a modern-day Romeo to his (or her) ... Read more

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“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit,” said the world’s greatest and most preeminent English writer of all time, William Shakespeare.Have you ever wanted to quote the most quoted writer in the English language? Deliver the most inventive and debasing Shakespearean insult (“Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!”)? Recite titillating love poetry like a modern-day Romeo to his (or her)
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Shakespeare's Love Sonnets

by William Shakespeare ...

The perfect gift for someone you love, an illustrated collection of love poems from the poet considered to be the greatest writer in the English language.Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love requited or otherwise in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This treasure of a book collects twenty-nine of the bard's most romantic ... Read more

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The perfect gift for someone you love, an illustrated collection of love poems from the poet considered to be the greatest writer in the English language.Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love requited or otherwise in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This treasure of a book collects twenty-nine of the bard's most romantic
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Sonnets from the Portuguese

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Sonnets from the Portuguese is the collection of love poems written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the time leading up to her marriage to Robert Browning. Elizabeth hesitated in publishing the poems, as they were so personally revealing, but her husband persuaded her of their high worth. She decided to pass them off as translations, in order to obscure her authorship, and so the title of the ... Read more

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Sonnets from the Portuguese is the collection of love poems written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the time leading up to her marriage to Robert Browning. Elizabeth hesitated in publishing the poems, as they were so personally revealing, but her husband persuaded her of their high worth. She decided to pass them off as translations, in order to obscure her authorship, and so the title of the
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Sonnets from the Portuguese

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Very short collection of love poems. According to Wikipedia: "Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 1861) was one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era." ... Read more

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Very short collection of love poems. According to Wikipedia: "Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 1861) was one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era."
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Sonnets from the Portuguese

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Series series World Classics
Elizabeth was initially hesitant to publish the poems, believing they were too personal. However, her husband insisted they were the best sequence of English-language sonnets since Shakespeare's time and urged her to publish them. To offer the couple some privacy, she decided to publish them as if they were translations of foreign sonnets. ... Read more

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Elizabeth was initially hesitant to publish the poems, believing they were too personal. However, her husband insisted they were the best sequence of English-language sonnets since Shakespeare's time and urged her to publish them. To offer the couple some privacy, she decided to publish them as if they were translations of foreign sonnets.
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Hortulanus Commentary on the Emerald Tablet: A Briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher upon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchimy

by Hortulanus ...

Laude, honour, power and glorie, be given to thee, O Almightie Lorde God, with thy beloved sonne, our Lord Iesus Christ, and the holy Ghost, the comforter. O holy Trinitie, that art the onely one God, perfect man, I give thee thankes that having the knowledge of the transitorie things of this worlde (least I should bee provoked with the pleasures thereof) of thy abundant mercie thou hast taken mee ... Read more

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Laude, honour, power and glorie, be given to thee, O Almightie Lorde God, with thy beloved sonne, our Lord Iesus Christ, and the holy Ghost, the comforter. O holy Trinitie, that art the onely one God, perfect man, I give thee thankes that having the knowledge of the transitorie things of this worlde (least I should bee provoked with the pleasures thereof) of thy abundant mercie thou hast taken mee
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Oedipus at Colonus

by Sophocles ...

Blinded by his own hand and nearing the end of his life, Oedipus finds himself in the village of Colonus. Prophesied to die on holy ground sacred to the Furies, the king’s body will bless the land where he is buried. Meanwhile, the throne of Thebes is in jeopardy, with Oedipus’ sons feuding over the right to rule. Will the brothers fulfill the prophecy and die at each other’s hands?Written shortly ... Read more

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Blinded by his own hand and nearing the end of his life, Oedipus finds himself in the village of Colonus. Prophesied to die on holy ground sacred to the Furies, the king’s body will bless the land where he is buried. Meanwhile, the throne of Thebes is in jeopardy, with Oedipus’ sons feuding over the right to rule. Will the brothers fulfill the prophecy and die at each other’s hands?Written shortly
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