Adam Mickiewicz

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Konrad Vallenrod

A Historical Tale, From The Prussian, And Lithuanian Annals (1841)

Beschreibung

Konrad Vallenrod is a historical novel written by Adam Mickiewicz and originally published in 1841. The story is set in medieval Prussia and Lithuania, and follows the character of Konrad Vallenrod, a knight who is seeking revenge against the Teutonic Knights who killed his family. Vallenrod joins the Lithuanian army and rises through the ranks, eventually becoming a leader of the Lithuanian rebellion against the Teutonic Knights. Along the way, he falls in love with a Lithuanian princess, but his desire for revenge threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. The novel is a complex exploration of loyalty, betrayal, and the search for justice, set against the backdrop of a turbulent and violent period in European history. Mickiewicz's writing is known for its vivid descriptions and powerful imagery, and Konrad Vallenrod is considered one of his greatest works.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) is the national poet of Poland. He was successful in every genre at which he tried his hand, setting the benchmark for excellence in poetry, prose and drama for all the writers that came after him. His lyric poems, collected in Ballads and Romances [Ballady i romanse, 1822], ushered in the Romantic Movement in Polish literature. His Erotic and Crimean Sonnets [Sonety mi¿osne and Sonety krymskie, 1826] form one of the most accomplished cycles in that demanding form since Petrarch. His narrative poems, Konrad Wallenrod (1828) and Gräyna (1823), reveal his sustained mastery with longer poetic genres. Mickiewicz's epic in twelve cantos, Pan Tadeusz (1834), is universally recognized as Poland's national epic, as well as the last Vergilian epic written in Europe.Prose occupies a rather minor niche in Mickiewcz's corpus of writings. The quasi-Biblical Books of the Polish Nation and Polish Pilgrimage [Ksi¿gi narodu i pielgrzymstwa polskiego, 1832] put the English reader in mind of a more practicable William Blake. With their socially and politically-applied Christianity, Mickiewicz had an appreciable influence on the thought of his friend, Lammenais. Finally, his Cours de litte¿rature slave professe¿ au Colle¿ge de France, delivered during his exile in Paris, and published posthumously in 1860, is one of the first balanced and comprehensive accounts of the Slavic traditions in literature and culture to meet Western eyes.It is impossible to assess the importance of Adam Mickiewicz to the Polish consciousness. During the period of the Partitions, which lasted from 1795 until 1918, Poles looked to Mickiewicz for the guidance that political figures could not supply them. He died in exile, trying to raise troops in Turkey for the Polish independence struggles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9781104137144
• ISBN-10: 1104137143
• Artikelnr.: 26447045