Young Poetry and Nation-Building in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Three Early Modern Latin Epics
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80270-229-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 188 Seiten

Reihe: ARC - Foundations

Text and translation of three poems that show the creativity and inventiveness of the Lithuanian Latin epic tradition and the involvement of authors from different ethnic backgrounds in creating a national literature for early modern Central Europe’s largest state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, Francis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Editor’s Note and Note on Translation THE TEXTS: Joannes Vislicensis, The Prussian War (1516) Franciszek Gradowski, The Muscovite Expedition (1582) James Bennett, The Strength of the Lord’s Right Arm (1674) Appendix: Jan Andruszewicz, Gens Lituana olim … (1543) Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Young Francis:
Francis Young is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author or editor of twenty books, including Pagans in the Early Modern Baltic (Arc Humanities Press, 2022)