The Abyss of the Soul : Two Jewels in the Crown of Polish Verse / Adam Mickiewicz, Jan Kochanowski, Christopher Adam Zakrzewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mickiewicz, Adam, Author.

Kochanowski, Jan, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA Academic Studies Press, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 “the abyss of the soul”—the former chronicling the poet’s profound grief over the sudden death of his small daughter, and the latter the exiled poet’s rapture over the beauty of an unexplored exotic land.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Translator's Preface

The Crimean Sonnets / Adam Mickiewicz

Explanatory Notes to the Sonnets

The Laments / Jan Kochanowski

Explanatory Notes to the Laments

On Mickiewicz's Crimean Sonnets / Juliusz Kleiner

Short Biographies of Kochanowski and Mickiewicz

About the Translator

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed June 25 2026)

ISBN:

9798887198927