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Author: Stanislaw Wyspianski
Publisher: Glagoslav Publications B.V.
Imprint: Glagoslav Publications B.V.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.916kg
ISBN: 9781911414551
ISBN 10: 1911414550
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 08 September 2017
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""All in all, his plays are easier to read and comprehend in English translation than in Polish. They are also more universal and less national than the source texts, which is-as in the case of the Forefathers' Eve rendition by the same translator-a very clever solution."" Agata Brajerska-Mazur, The Polish Review
"""All in all, his plays are easier to read and comprehend in English translation than in Polish. They are also more universal and less national than the source texts, which is-as in the case of the Forefathers' Eve rendition by the same translator-a very clever solution."" Agata Brajerska-Mazur, The Polish Review"
Author Information
Stanislaw Wyspiański (1869-1907) is a poet, dramatist, theatrical director, painter, architectural restorer, furniture designer, and can be called a Renaissance man of the early XX century. Wyspiański is of prime importance to the history of Polish art, as he is to the history of Polish literature. He is the key artist of Modernism in Poland, and the driving force behind the Mloda Polska (Young Poland) period in letters. A student of Jan Matejko, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in his home city of Kraków. During a period of study in Paris, he came to know, and be influenced by, Gaugin. His artworks are characterised by their decorative qualities and bright colours. He was especially fond of pastels. Many of his works may be seen in Kraków today. Of special importance are his stained glass windows in the Franciscan church. His designs for stained glass windows at Wawel Cathedral, including depictions of St. Stanislaw, remained unrealised until the XXI century (when they were incorporated into the Wyspiański Pavilion on Grodzka St.) He is the author of nearly twenty verse dramas, chief among which is Wesele (The Wedding Feast, 1901), a poetic allegory concerning his contemporary Poland and the inability of his countrymen to act, in a concerted fashion, to win their independence from the partitioning empires of Austria, Russia and Prussia. His collected writings fill fourteen volumes. They include, besides his dramatic works, lyrical and narrative poetry, a strongly-interpreted translation of Corneille's Le Cid, the first great production of Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady (Forefathers' Eve), and a critical consideration of Shakespeare's Hamlet from the perspective of its stage realisation in modern Poland.
