A poet well versed in his craft. Review of the book by Małgorzata Mieszek, Twórczość
dramatopisarska Jana Bielskiego SJ (1714–1768), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódz-
kiego, Łódź 2020 Cover Image

Zgoła znający się na swym rzemieśle poeta Recenzja książki Małgorzaty Mieszek, Twórczość dramatopisarska Jana Bielskiego SJ (1714–1768), Wydawnictwo Uniwer- sytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2020
A poet well versed in his craft. Review of the book by Małgorzata Mieszek, Twórczość dramatopisarska Jana Bielskiego SJ (1714–1768), Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódz- kiego, Łódź 2020

Author(s): WITOLD WOJTOWICZ
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Jan Bielski; Jesuits; eighteenth century theatre;

Summary/Abstract: The review is a discussion – presentation of Małgorzata Mieszek’s monograph devoted to the dramaturgy of Jan Bielski, an important Jesuit playwright of the eighteenth century. He was regarded by his contemporaries (Jan Daniel Janocki, Józef Andrzej Załuski) as a leading representative of reformed dramaturgy, also as a promoter of classical Latin, and, simultaneously, as an advocate of the Polish languagein school theatre.The book of Mieszek also traces the status of Jesuit theatre in the Polish-LithuanianCommonwealth in the eighteenth century.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 203-216
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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