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Chrysis
Chrysis

Author(s): Sylwiusz Eneasz Piccolomini
Contributor(s): Włodzimierz Olszaniec (Editor), Krzysztof Rzepkowski (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Renaissance; humanism; Renaissance comedy; Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini; Chrysis
Summary/Abstract: The first Polish translation of the Neo-Latin comedy Chrysis by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II), made by Ewa Skwara. An excellent example of a humanistic comedy that was written in 15th-century Italy as an expression of imitation and creative competition with the works of Plautus and Terence. A full scientific study for researchers in Renaissance humanism, literary scholars, cultural historians and readers interested in theatre.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3149-4
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-3141-8
  • Page Count: 180
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: Polish
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