Opis

Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801) was hailed as 'The Prince of Poets' by his contemporaries. In 1779, sixty-five of his fables, which used contemporary events and human relations to show a course to guide human conduct, were published. These fables present a world where reason is valued over sentiment, true to the enlightenment ideal. But the rhymes also sugar coat a bitter message: depicting a world where the strong continually take advantage of the weak. Many of the fables, which were published after the first partition of Poland in which Russia, Prussia and Austria took their first bites of their weaker neighbor, should also be read for their political implications. This bilingual edition includes English translation by Gerard Kapolka and twenty-two illustrations by well known Polish artist Barbara Swidzinska.

Data wydania: 1997

ISBN: 978-0-7818-0548-3, 9780781805483

Język: angielski

Wydawnictwo: Hippocrene Books

Autor

Ignacy Krasicki

Urodzony 1 lutego 1735 roku w Polsce (Dubieck)

Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki herbu Rogala (ur. 3 lutego 1735 w Dubiecku, zm. 14 marca 1801 w Berlinie) – biskup warmiński od 1767, arcybiskup gnieźnieński od 1795, książę sambijski, hrabia Świętego Cesarstwa Rzymskiego, prezydent Trybunału Głów...