Book by Patryk Ryczkowski
Das Epyllion ist eine generische Bezeichnung für kürzere Gedichte, die in einem diskursiven Verhä... more Das Epyllion ist eine generische Bezeichnung für kürzere Gedichte, die in einem diskursiven Verhältnis zum Epos stehen. Ausgehend von der Erfassung der Gattungskategorie überprüft die Publikation den Mehrwert des Epyllions für die Erforschung der mittellateinischen Dichtung und erweitert das bislang von der Altphilologie diktierte Gattungsspektrum im Hinblick auf die Entwicklungen der Epik im Mittelalter. Der Autor untersucht mythologische Gedichte, Bibelgedichte, ein Tiergedicht sowie den Waltharius in ausgewählten Gedichtstudien und in einer vergleichenden Diskussion der Gattungsfrage, die zu einer erstmaligen Profilbildung des mittellateinischen Epyllions beiträgt.
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Baroque Latinity: Studies in the Neo-Latin Literature of the European Baroque, ed. Jacqueline Glomski, Gesine Manuwald, Andrew Taylor, London, 2023
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Profiling Saints: Images of Modern Sanctity in a Global World, ed. by Elisa Frei, Eleonora Rai, Göttingen 2023
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Johannes von Nepomuk. Kult – Künste – Kommunikation, ed. by Ramona Hocker, Werner Telesko, Wien 2023
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Ars recusandi. Odmowa jako zabieg literacki w tekstach greckich i łacińskich od starożytności do końca XVIII wieku, ed. by Ałła Brzozowska / Mariusz Plago, Warsaw 2022
The article discusses lyricum IV 4 by Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski as shaped by and distanced from... more The article discusses lyricum IV 4 by Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski as shaped by and distanced from the epic form by the conventionally formulated, yet unconventionally used, motif of recusatio. The poem is based on a farmer’s monologue about the battle between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Turks at Khotin (Chocim, 1621), which he once saw on the very same fi eld he is now ploughing. It re-evaluates the outcome of this fi ght, which is treated here not only as a common literary symbol of Christian victory, but also as a universal call to fi ght the still-looming Turkish threat to the European antemurale christianitatis (set implicitly in the biblical context). The poetic strategy draws on a recontextualisation of Virgilian motifs. First of all, the harbinger of a peaceful time (G. I 493–497) is transformed into a recusatio, establishes a compositional framework for the ode and undergoes content alterations. This makes the recent battle more vivid and renders the Turkish threat as a still persisting menace. Secondly, the farmer’s name (Galesus) refers directly to a warrior in the Aeneid (VII 535–539) and thereby to the warring farmer of the Georgics (IV 116–148). All in all, the recusatio in Sarbiewski’s ode modernises Virgilian motifs and encloses the poem, which is split between lyrical, epic and biblical conventions, in an emulative composition to stress a current problem on the international arena.
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Terminus, 2022
This contribution provides an edition of Mikołaj Lubomirski's epigrams on Polish-Lithuanian ruler... more This contribution provides an edition of Mikołaj Lubomirski's epigrams on Polish-Lithuanian rulers. It consists of three major parts. Firstly, a preliminary study establishes the connection between Janicki's vitae and Lubomirski's work. Janicki's vitae were written around 1542 and printed as late as 1563. Many subsequent editions and Polish paraphrases introduced changes, such as the pieces on the rulers who were not covered by Janicki. A few examples of such additions (for example, two versions of Andrzej Trzecieski's epigram) and of Janicki's vitae editions (Gdańsk 1621, Kraków 1631, Stendal 1670) are discussed. Between 1621 and 1632, Lubomirski composed four additional (Latin) epigrams, which he included in a notebook that is partially preserved in: Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, ms. 5575 (codex unicus). The poems are collected in a separate unit (supplementum) and placed directly after the handwritten copy of Janicki's vitae. It is argued that Lubomirski aimed to reveal the theme of Jagiellonian succession, mostly through the symmetrical composition of his cycle. Its framework is constituted by the first and the last epigram on the figures who are connected to the Jagiellonian dynasty, Sigismund II Augustus (supp. I) and Sigismund III Vasa (supp. IV). Within this arrangement, the second and the third poems are devoted to the first kings elected in the so-called free election, Henri de Valois (supp. II) and Stephen Báthory (supp. III). Both pieces contrast with each other, however: Henry's image is clearly negative, while Stephan is depicted overall positively, and thus his profile is similar to those of Jagiellonians. Other intersections between the poems, which exceed the frame and inset composition, can be observed as well. After the critical edition of Lubomirski's epigrams (second part) the commentary (third part) is structured not according to the chronology of the rulers, but in order to acknowledge the established theme of Jagiellonian succession. In addition to a few textual and philological issues, the commentary notes internal connections between the pieces in the supplementum. Some essential similarities and differences to other vitae cycles and texts are remarked, although the focus is on Janicki's epigrams. Finally, the historical context is explained and the events, places, and figures that the poems refer to are identified.
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After Peter Burke asked the game-changing question “How to be a counter-reformation saint?”, it b... more After Peter Burke asked the game-changing question “How to be a counter-reformation saint?”, it became clear that there cannot be any saint without a profile established in a vita and further literary sources. Following up, Simon Ditchfield outlined the working definition of early modern writings about saints and candidates to sanctity. In the paper, the understanding of post-Tridentine hagiography will be further enhanced by focusing on the specific features of the genre and stressing its pragmatic and legal contexts.
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