“I lived only in one, favourite. She died! I lost everything”
— on love and death in Orpheus’s Griefs over Euridice written by Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin Cover Image

„Jać tylko w jednej ulubionej żyłem. Umarła! Wszystko straciłem” — o miłości i śmierci w Żalach Orfeusza nad Eurydyką Franciszka Dionizego Kniaźnina
“I lived only in one, favourite. She died! I lost everything” — on love and death in Orpheus’s Griefs over Euridice written by Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin

Author(s): Beata Prokopczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin;Orpheus’s Griefs over Euridice;love;death
Summary/Abstract: The subject deliberated upon in the present paper is the motive of death as presented in Żale Orfeusza nad Eurydyką funeral series by Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin. The collection in question originated in a tragic event in the life of Franciszek Zabłocki, Kniaźnin’s friend, whose beloved wife Katarzyna passed away shortly after the couple had married.

  • Page Range: 27-40
  • Page Count: 14
  • Publication Year: 2014
  • Language: English, Polish