Cyprian Bazylik as the Author of Proteus Cover Image

Cyprian Bazylik autorem Proteusa abo Odmieńca
Cyprian Bazylik as the Author of Proteus

Author(s): Dariusz Chemperek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Bazylik; Jan Kochanowski; antytrynitaryzm; sieć literacka; atrybucja tekstu; Cyprian Bazylik; anti-trinitarianism; literary network; text attribution

Summary/Abstract: The anonymous poem Proteus was published in 1564 as the first literary response to Jan Kochanowski’s Satyr albo Dziki mąż (Satyr, or the Wild Man). In this article, authorship of Proteus is attributed on the basis of literary network analysis, the confessional sympathies that are present in the text (the influences of anti-trinitarianism), and the connections to the court of Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Black. The author of Proteus is Cyprian Bazylik, a poet, musician, printer, and translator who in the 1560s was associated with Radziwiłł’s court and was a follower of anti-trinitarianism.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 1-34
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Polish