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This article attempts to refute the generally accepted view that Jan Wojciech (Albert) Łubieński, Pantler of Sieradz, was the patron of Piotr Baryka,, the author of the comedy Z chłopa król ( The Peasant Become King), first staged in 1633 (editio princeps, 1637). The attribution results from a conjecture, which has never been properly verified, formulated by Ludwik Bernacki in 1904. Yet in the 1630s Jan Wojciech Łubieński held no public office (he was probably completing his education) and, crucially, did not become Pantler of Sieradz until 1643. In consequence, we presume that Baryka's patron may well have been Łubieński's uncle, a wealthy man renowned for his generosity, who had the same first name.
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Roman Krzywy
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  1. Instytut Literatury Polskiej, Uniwersytet Warszawski
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This study is a research reconnaissance into the visual imagery in the poetry of Jan Kochanowski, Poland’s most talented poet before the Romantic Age. Although he was familiar with the technique of ekphrasis and took an interest in emblems, he seems to have been rather sparing in making use of visual potential of the poetic word. However, he does rely on the sense of sight in his epistemological refl ection concerning the problem of knowing God, aesthetics (the experience of beauty) and ethics (the visible order of the world as a guide to proper conduct). The eye also plays a major role in his descriptions of the human psychology, especially love. The sight has a special function in his Treny (Laments), a cycle of elegies written after the death of his baby daughter Urszula in 1579. While addressing the fundamental questions of life and death, Kochanowski draws on visual and aural imagery to convey the devastating pain felt by the father after the death of his beloved child and to question his earlier confi dence in man’s sovereign mind.

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Roman Krzywy
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The late Dr Jerzy Mańkowski, a classical scholar and a researcher in Polish mediaeval and Renaissance literature, is portrayed through ten voices of his colleagues, disciples, as well as his daughter. He will be remembered for his wide knowledge and critical acumen, but first of all for the passion and enthusiasm which he passed on to his disciples and readers of his works. His relatives and friends also recall his love for hiking in the mountainous regions of Poland.
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Juliusz Domański
Katarzyna Golanowska
Inga Grześczak
Roman Krzywy
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Ariadna Masłowska-Nowak
Agnieszka Mitura
Marcin L. Morawski
Alina Nowicka-Jeżowa
Barbara Opała
Mikołaj Szymański

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