Frydrusz Herburt’s Experimentum Virtutis, Bolesław’s Poenitentia, or on Interpreting Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński’s Works Cover Image

Experimentum virtutis Frydrusza Herburta, poenitentia Bolesława albo o interpretowaniu utworów Mikołaja Sępa Szarzyńskiego
Frydrusz Herburt’s Experimentum Virtutis, Bolesław’s Poenitentia, or on Interpreting Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński’s Works

Author(s): Witold Wojtowicz
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, 16th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński; Frydrusz (Fryderyk) Herburt; Bolesław II the Bold (the Generous); song; epitaph; Czesław Hernas; Boethius; the Baroque period;

Summary/Abstract: The article undertakes to interpret two poetical pieces by Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński: Pieśń o Frydruszu and Epitaphium Boleslao Audaci, Regi Poloniae, while including considerations contained in Czesław Hernas’s Barok (along with the scholar’s other synthesis, Literatura baroku). The said texts are interpreted in the context of epic tradition and those traditions that relate to Bolesław Śmiały (Szczodry; king of Poland, Bolesław II the Bold or the Generous) and also to the impact of Boethius’s thought. Another issue analysed by the author is the method of comparing Sęp Szarzyński’s works in the both mentioned syntheses by Hernas.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2 (14)
  • Page Range: 27-43
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish